North Korea Denounces UK for Sanctions on Organisations Accused of Links to Prison Camps

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva, Switerland, on Oct. 2, 2014. {Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

SEOUL—North Korean regime denounced Britain on Saturday for announcing sanctions against two organisations that the British government has said are involved in forced labour, torture and, murder in North Korean prison camps.

The move against the two organisations, named as the Ministry of State Security Bureau 7 and Ministry of People’s Security Correctional Bureau, is part of the first sanctions under Britain’s new global human rights regime. Sanctions on 25 Russians and 20 Saudis were also announced.