Korean Delegates Scuffle At UN Meeting in Geneva -- Voice of America
South Korean lawmakers clashed with a North Korean diplomat on Monday outside a United Nations Human Rights Council meeting in Switzerland.
The scuffle broke out when a delegation of South Korean politicians approached North Korea's ambassador to Geneva, So Se-pyong, after he rejected the contents of a U.N. report on human rights abuses by Pyongyang.
Security guards quickly broke up the scuffle and at least one official was reported to have been briefly detained.
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Update #1: South Korean lawmakers scuffle with North Korean delegates at UN human rights meeting -- Washington Post/AP
Update #2: Diplomat punched at UN human rights meeting -- The Telegraph
My Comment: There is bad blood between the two countries .... especially from the South who legitimately see many of their cousins suffering in the North.
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