Unification minister to meet Campbell during next week’s visit to U.S.

Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho will meet with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell during his trip to the United States next week, his office said Thursday. Kim plans to have talks with Campbell in Washington, D.C., on Monday (local time), as he will visit the U.S. from Sunday through July 26, according to the unification ministry in charge of inter-Korean affairs. He will also meet with Korean American Reps. Young Kim (R-CA) and Marilyn Strickland (D-WA) on Wednesday and experts on issues concerning the Korean Peninsula, including former Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun. During the visit, Kim will exchange views about the security situation on the peninsula, North Korea's human rights and the government's unification policy, the ministry said. Kim is scheduled to deliver a keynote speech Monday at the 2024 International Dialogue on North Korean Human Rights, a forum designed to raise the international community's awareness about the North's rights abuses. The forum that runs through Tu esday will also be attended by Julie Turner, the U.S. special envoy for North Korean human rights, and the U.N. special rapporteur Elizabeth Salmon. It marks the first time that the ministry has hosted such a forum abroad. Source: Yonhap News Agency