Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center Korean Studies Program Stanford University


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December 2, 2011

Food aid would set North Korea's capacity free

Shorenstein APARC in the news: New American Media and Yonhap News on December 1, 2011

Life in North Korea is not as bleak as people imagine, says former humanitarian aid worker Katharina Zellweger, who lived in Pyongyang for five years. Food scarcity, however, is a serious concern and Zellweger says that other countries should consider providing more food aid to North Korea in order to set its economic and creative capacity free.