Torture, forced labour rife in North Korea, UN says as US mulls sanctions

Torture and forced labour are rife in North Korea's prisons, amounting to possible crimes against humanity, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, as the Biden administration weighs fresh sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.

The report, issued seven years after a landmark UN investigation, found that crimes against humanity were being committed, also said that political prison camps run by security forces still persisted, although information is more scarce.