EARLY EDITION 18:00 In Geneva, North Korea tries to have the UN resolutions against

Early Edition 18:00 (THIS IS THE TRANSCRIPT FOR ARIRANG NEWS THAT AIRED ON 04 Mar 2015- 18:00 KST.) In Geneva, North Korea tries to have the UN resolutions against its human rights abuses thrown out. South Korea calls on the regime to end its crimes against humanity. Speaking before the U.S. Congress,... Israel′s prime minister denounces a nuclear deal currently being negotiated between the U.S. and Iran. The U.S. president says the prime minister′s speech offers nothing new. The income growth rate for people in their 20s and 30s in Korea rises in the zero-percent range. These stories and more just ahead. Glad to have you with us. You′re watching Early Edition at 6. Live from Seoul, I′m Laah Hyun-kyung. And I′m Daniel Choy. Thanks for joining us. Title: N. Korean FM claims UN human rights report is based on "lies of criminals" North Korea once again demands the UN Human Rights Council drop its resolutions against Pyongyang′s alleged crimes against humanity. The regime′s foreign minister says the core testimony in a UN human rights report was based on lies of criminals. Here′s Arirang′s Hwang Sung-hee. North Korea′s Foreign Minister Ri Su-yong used his platform to denounce a landmark UN report on Pyongyang′s human rights abuses that was published last year. Addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, Ri called for the resolutions based on the report to be revoked immediately since the core testimonies have been proven to be false. "The act of cooking up the report of the Commission of Inquiry based on lies of a few such criminals is itself a mistake, which is completely against the aspiration of the UN for civilization and the rule of law." The recent backtracking by prominent defector Shin Dong-hyuk on the details of his life in a North Korean prison camp fueled the regime′s attempts to discredit the entire UN report. Ri said the world body should also look into the CIA′s harsh treatment of terror suspects. "The UN must put an end to its selectiveness on dealing with human rights issues by listing the U.S. brutality of torture as an urgent issue." But North Korea′s claims were met with strong calls by South Korea to immediately end its human rights violations. "We call on the DPRK to immediately take concrete and sincere steps so that its people can carry on a normal, dignified life." At a separate conference, the North Korean diplomat called the ongoing joint military drills between Washington and Seoul "a rehearsal for a nuclear war" against Pyongyang and threatened to launch a preemptive strike on the U.S. if necessary. Hwang Sung-hee, Arirang News. Title: N. Korea solely responsible for Sony Pictures hack: U.S. intelligence chief Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper says... he is confident that North Korea... and North Korea alone... was the culprit behind the devastating cyber attack on Sony Pictures last year. This was d