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North Korea seeking to match domestic laws to global standards: experts
By Kim Hyun
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be trying to meet
international standards when revising domestic laws, experts here said Wednesday,
citing changes made in recent years to its aviation laws and the constitution.
North Korea added a chapter on improving aviation security to its 2005 revision
of the Civil Aviation Law, said Lee Gyu-chang from the Korea Institute for
National Unification in Seoul, who linked it with worldwide amendments of
domestic aviation laws in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United
States in 2001.
"This is part of its moves to follow global standards," Lee said in a forum. The
new clauses "have reflected contents of international conventions on aviation
offenses, including the Tokyo Convention, to which North Korea is a signatory,"
he added.
In an apparent effort to legitimize its long-range rocket launch, believed by the
West to have been a banned test of its ballistic missile technology, the North
gave advance notice to international aviation and shipping organizations of its
launch plans.
Chang Myung-bong, a professor emeritus at Kookmin University said bank law
revisions in 2006 were in line with the trend. North Korea's Cabinet added
regulations against money laundering a year after the U.S. Treasury Department
froze North Korean bank accounts in a Macau-based bank, Banco Delta Asia, amid
the stalemate in nuclear negotiations in 2005.
In what appears to be a response to international calls to make its financial
system more transparent and modern, North Korea dropped its monolithic banking
system and introduced a commercial banking law to separate lending and other
operations at ordinary banks from activities of the central bank, Chang cited.
North Korea's constitutional revision in April, which added a new regulation
saying the government "respects and protects" the human rights of its citizens,
is part of the country's drive to catch up with international norms, Chang said.
The constitution's full text was made public in the South this week.
"In some aspect, North Korea was conscious of international criticism and
pressure of its 'worst' human rights record, but North Korea is also voluntarily
endeavoring to follow the trend of the international community and reach the
levels of international norms," Chang said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be trying to meet
international standards when revising domestic laws, experts here said Wednesday,
citing changes made in recent years to its aviation laws and the constitution.
North Korea added a chapter on improving aviation security to its 2005 revision
of the Civil Aviation Law, said Lee Gyu-chang from the Korea Institute for
National Unification in Seoul, who linked it with worldwide amendments of
domestic aviation laws in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the United
States in 2001.
"This is part of its moves to follow global standards," Lee said in a forum. The
new clauses "have reflected contents of international conventions on aviation
offenses, including the Tokyo Convention, to which North Korea is a signatory,"
he added.
In an apparent effort to legitimize its long-range rocket launch, believed by the
West to have been a banned test of its ballistic missile technology, the North
gave advance notice to international aviation and shipping organizations of its
launch plans.
Chang Myung-bong, a professor emeritus at Kookmin University said bank law
revisions in 2006 were in line with the trend. North Korea's Cabinet added
regulations against money laundering a year after the U.S. Treasury Department
froze North Korean bank accounts in a Macau-based bank, Banco Delta Asia, amid
the stalemate in nuclear negotiations in 2005.
In what appears to be a response to international calls to make its financial
system more transparent and modern, North Korea dropped its monolithic banking
system and introduced a commercial banking law to separate lending and other
operations at ordinary banks from activities of the central bank, Chang cited.
North Korea's constitutional revision in April, which added a new regulation
saying the government "respects and protects" the human rights of its citizens,
is part of the country's drive to catch up with international norms, Chang said.
The constitution's full text was made public in the South this week.
"In some aspect, North Korea was conscious of international criticism and
pressure of its 'worst' human rights record, but North Korea is also voluntarily
endeavoring to follow the trend of the international community and reach the
levels of international norms," Chang said.
hkim@yna.co.kr
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