National Human Rights Commission of the Republic of Korea Lao People’s Democratic Republic to have an understanding of their policy and processing practices of North Korean defectors, and to strengthen cooperation with the National Human Rights Institution of Thailand, the Thai branch of the UNHCR, etc. The Commission also visited the National Human Rights Institutions and other related agencies of Germany and Poland to build an international cooperation network for the promotion of human rights in North Korea, and to strengthen international exchange and cooperation. (4) Inducing the international community to pay more attention to the cooperation for the promotion of human rights in North Korea The NHRCK encouraged the ambassadors to Korea of Ireland, the EU, Germany, and Japan, and other important foreigners who visited Korea to pay more attention to mutual cooperation for the promotion of human rights in North Korea. The Commission also tried to strengthen its relationship with the visitors. In June 2013, the Commission sent Chairperson's letters to five international organizations including the UN Secretary General to ask for their attention to the young North Korean defectors who were forcefully repatriated to North Korea. In November 2013, the Commission sent out a letter to the Human Rights Research Institute of China to ask for their efforts for discontinuation of forceful repatriation of North Korean defectors arrested in China. In December, the same year, at the news of public execution of Jang, Sung-taek, the number two leader of North Korea, Chairperson's letter was sent to five international organizations including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to ask for their Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws and Regulations, Institution, Policies, and Practices ▪▪▪ 85