In its report, the US-based Human Rights Watch drew on interviews with more than 50 North Korean escapees to chronicle gruesome details of rape and other abuses perpetrated by security officers such as border guards, but also civilian officials.
As the Kim-Trump summit nears, the North Korean leader crafts a new image of a softer side while some South Koreans use Kim's image in marketing amid his rising popularity in the South.
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