US steps up effort to push 'independent information' into North Korea

The State Department team plans “to increase the flow of independent information into” North Korea, even as President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un work to arrange an historic summit aimed at dismantling Kim’s nuclear weapons program.

“For more than 60 years the people of North Korea have faced egregious human rights violations in virtually every aspect of life,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said Wednesday. “[W]e will continue to press for accountability for those responsible. We are also going to continue our efforts to increase the flow of independent information into, out of, and within this isolated state to present everyday North Koreans with a more realistic picture of the outside world.”