1.A U.N. General Assembly committee on Wednesday passed a resolution on North Korean human rights for the 20th consecutive year, calling for the U.N. system as a whole to continue to address the North's "grave" situation "in a coordinated and unified manner."

2.The Korean Railway Workers' Union on Thursday said they will launch an indefinite general strike on December 5th to demand higher pay and a bigger workforce.

3.A number of Western embassies in Kyiv said they would close on Wednesday for security reasons, with the American delegation saying it had received a warning of a potentially significant Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital. The U.S. said it had reopened its embassy in Kyiv late on Wednesday.