DPRK blasts U.S. on its human rights

PYONGYANG, Mar. 11 -- The United States was the No. 1 human rights

abuser in the world, the official KCNA news agency of the Democratic People's

Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Wednesday.

The KCNA issued an article enumerating the human rights abuses in the U.S.,

saying it was not qualified to talk about other countries' human rights.

The KCNA said the working people in the U.S. were deprived of clothing,

food and housing and the election serves only the rich.

The U.S. deliberately fostered "corrupted ideology and culture," "leaving a

great number of people degenerated and hopeless and pushing them to committing

crimes," it said.

The U.S. also violated rights of other countries as it pleases under the

pretext of "war on terrorism," it added.