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Wed, November 20, 2019 | 06:20

The Assessment Capacities Project (ACAPS) is a Geneva-based NGO that monitors the impact of humanitarian assistance worldwide. Twice a year, it issues a report identifying countries that are not getting the humanitarian assistance they need due to access constraints.

2019-11-11 17:02

A delicate balancing act

The Committee on Human Rights in North Korea is one of the fiercest critics of the Pyongyang regime in Washington, D.C. But a new report it commissioned has asked the international community to step up humanitarian aid efforts even as it castigates North Korea for its continued violations of human rights.

2019-10-28 17:09

Green energy is worth the cost

Are Koreans willing to pay more for a cleaner planet? That is the challenge the country faces as its struggles with the dilemma of delivering cheap energy while generating more clean energy.

2019-10-14 16:59

Humanitarian aid flowing to North Korea provides a useful barometer in determining the state of Pyongyang's relations with the rest of the world - particularly current U.S. trends paint a mainly positive picture.

2019-09-30 17:03

N.Korea's spat with UN

It might seem perverse for a country where 40 percent of the population faces the risk of going hungry that North Korea should request a reduction in the number of United Nations humanitarian aid workers there by the end of 2019.

2019-09-16 18:22

Loosening the screws

In recent weeks, the United Nations has been quietly accelerating approval of exemptions for international humanitarian groups to deliver aid to North Korea amid reports that food conditions are deteriorating and cases of tuberculosis and malaria are rising.

2019-09-02 17:09

North Korea's TB crisis

It is approaching crunch time in dealing with North Korea's tuberculosis crisis. Stocks of TB medicine could be severely depleted by the middle of next year. This is due to a shortage of funding by international donors and difficulties in delivering medical assistance as a result of sanctions against Pyongyang for its nuclear program.

2019-08-19 17:09

What type of policy on North Korea will the Democrats pursue if they defeat U.S. President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election? It is a hard question to answer. For one thing, foreign policy has been scarcely discussed during the current Democrat presidential primary campaign and North Korea even less so. Instead, the more than 20 primary candidates have focused their attention on domestic issues from healthcare to immigration policy.

2019-08-05 17:53

Humanitarian roadmap

The Federation of American Scientists recently issued a report, co-authored by 14 international experts on Korea, that declared that current U.S. policy toward North Korea has been a failure. It suggested instead a more pragmatic approach that would both contain that country's nuclear program while also shaping its future development.

2019-07-22 17:20

Biegun vs. Bolton

It was just a few months ago that many observers, including myself, believed that U.S. President Donald Trump had fallen under the sway of hawks in Washington after the collapse of his summit in Hanoi with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. That no longer appears to be the case following Trump's recent meeting with Kim at the DMZ.

2019-07-08 17:40

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