Forging a Consensus on Human Rights
Roberta Cohen and I, along with most observers of North Korea, agree on the details of the human rights situation.…
Roberta Cohen and I, along with most observers of North Korea, agree on the details of the human rights situation.…
In the early 1990s, agricultural production in North Korea began a precipitous decline that ultimately resulted in a famine from…
After the flood devastation of the mid-1990s, I was one of the two Americans the North Koreans requested to help them seek humanitarian assistance to their country. Thus began a long journey of discovery of the DPRK humanitarian space filled with uncertainties and challenges. In delivering aid, I got to know the North’s rural communities and townships for the first time even though I had been visiting the country since 1988. I gained precious insights and perspectives about North Korea not available to occasional or casual visitors.