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Prospects for Health Cooperation: Changing Health Priorities for the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Samuel S. Han, Heeje Lee and Kee B. Park

Sep 26, 2024

Domestic Affairs, Human Security

Four years after the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared COVID-19 a pandemic, …

North Korea’s Participation in Multilateral Health Agreements: The Case of WHO’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Heeje Lee, Edward Ham, Kee B. Park and 38 North

Oct 13, 2021

Commentary, Domestic Affairs, Foreign Affairs

Since joining the United Nations (UN) in 1991, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea …

Facing the Tuberculosis Crisis in North Korea: The Humanitarian Work of the Eugene Bell Foundation

Avram Agov

Jul 31, 2019

Commentary, Human Security

Among the health care problems facing North Korea, tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most …

The Global Fund’s Head Scratching Decision to End Its Tuberculosis Program in the DPRK

Kee B. Park and Eliana E. Kim

Mar 11, 2019

Commentary, Foreign Affairs

Last June, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria officially terminated all of …