My First Monitoring Trip
This is the third episode in a series by Erich Weingartner, recounting his days as the founding Head of the…
This is the third episode in a series by Erich Weingartner, recounting his days as the founding Head of the…
The South Korean government should stop blocking American food aid to large numbers of their brethren in the North facing…
Now is a good time to rethink strategies for economic engagement with North Korea. Recent requests for food aid 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.