有關官員敦促川普把朝鮮人權作爲首要議題

The incoming U.S. government should make North Korean human rights a key part of its policy towards the communist country, a senior U.S. official says.

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Tom Malinowski told VOA on Wednesday he expects bipartisan support for the North Korean human rights issue during the Donald Trump administration.

“My advice is that any long-term solution to the security issues that have troubled us, coming from North Korea for many, many years, is not likely to come until the North Korean people have the power to shape the future of their country,” Malinowski said.

Speaking shortly after the announcement of new sanctions on North Korean officials and government entities for human rights violations, the official said Washington is trying to send a clear message to those engaging in human rights abuses that “there's a price to be paid.”

On Wednesday, the U.S. sanctioned seven North Korean individuals, including Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister.美國政府一位高級官員說，即將上任的川普政府應該把人權作爲對朝鮮政策的重要議題。

美國國務院負責民主、人權和勞工事務的助理國務卿馬林諾夫斯基星期三告訴美國之音說，他期待川普政府下，朝鮮人權問題能得到兩黨支持。

他說：“我認爲要長久地解決朝鮮造成的、給我們帶來很多困擾的安全問題， 前提是朝鮮人民要有權力來決定他們國家的未來。”

美國剛剛宣佈了對違反人權的朝鮮官員和政府機構進行制裁。 馬林諾夫斯基說，華盛頓是在向踐踏人權者發出明確信息，踐踏人權“要付出代價”。

美國政府星期三宣佈，對七名朝鮮官員實施制裁，包括朝鮮領導人金正恩的妹妹。