S. Korea weighs co-sponsoring UN resolution on NK rights

South Korea is considering whether to join a co-sponsor of this year's U.N. resolution on North Korean human rights, diplomatic sources said Tuesday. Seoul is weighing whether to drop out as a co-sponsor of the resolution on the human rights situation in North Korea, a draft of which has been submitted for adoption at the 61st U.N. Human Rights Council later this month, sources familiar with the matter said. If finalized, the move would mark a departure from its co-sponsorship last year, which was seen as unexpected for the new liberal government of President Lee Jae Myung, as it seeks to restore badly frayed ties with Pyongyang. South Korea was among the 61 co-sponsors for the resolution adopted at the U.N. General Assembly Third Committee last December. The potential shift over this year's resolution comes as Seoul has made little headway in improving its relations with the recalcitrant regime and could be seen as yet another gesture of rapprochement toward the North. It remains doubtful, however, if such a conciliatory move would help appease Pyongyang since the North has maintained it

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