Some time ago, Minister for the Commonwealth, UN and South Asia at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is said to have spoken ill of the DPRK over its “human rights issue” out of malice.

He displayed his lack of intelligence with his own enumeration about “humanitarian situation” such as “malnutrition” and “food shortages”. As if it was not enough, he even said that he would examine the report “documenting religious freedom violations in north Korea” which was drafted by Korea Future Initiative, a gathering of the scum of the earth. Through this, he has betrayed his own ignorance, blind prejudice and hostility vis-à-vis the DPRK.

This time David Alton, a member of the House of Lords is said to have put a written question to him. He is no more than a political imposter who was already shunned by people for being engrossed in the anti-DPRK smear campaign in the past by hurting the sentiments of our people and by inviting “defectors from the north” to stage a “hearing” at the parliamentary building.

It can’t but be an act of a blind fool lacking in rudimentary judgement that the high-ranking official from the UK government provoked us with the fabricated information which was not seen with his own eyes, just being taken in by such an imposter.

Everything serves for people, and everything is directed towards ensuring the interests of people in our country which holds the people-first principle as a noble political idea. Even the people from the Western countries who have visited our country are in the same feelings about this.

While I am at the “human rights issue”, I must add one word. The UK has lost its face and has no right to find fault with “the human rights issue” of others.

“Privacy International”, one of the NGOs described the UK as the world’s most notorious “country that conducts the strictest surveillance” against its inhabitants since it keeps a record of every single movement of its own people with 4.2 million surveillance cameras installed in the length and breadth of the country. “Kids’ Rights Foundation” headquartered in the Netherlands announced in its 2021 report on the human rights situation of children that the UK is ranked 169 th among 182 countries studied. These facts alone are good enough to take stock of the dismal human rights situation in the UK.

It is only some time ago that black players of the England football team were subjected to extreme racial discrimination and contempt due to failure of their penalty shoot-outs in the UEFA EURO finals.

The above facts are just a tiny part of human rights violations which are rampant in the UK.

The UK is keeping the worst record of its human rights violation, much to the consternation of the world people. If it is still absorbed in its sloppy and mean trick, taking the lead in distorting and fabricating true picture of our human rights situation, it will only evoke ridicule and disillusionment among the world people.

Who spits against heaven, it falls in his face. The UK would be well- advised to keep in mind this logic.

Choe Hyon Do

Researcher of Korea-Europe Association