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Sun, January 19, 2020 | 08:17

A greener North Korea

Last month, the Seoul-based U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF) agreed to provide North Korea with $752,090 in funding to help the country deal with climate change.

2020-01-06 17:38

Here we go again

This year's holiday season will be less than happy on the Korean Peninsula. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is promising to deliver an unwelcome “Christmas gift” to U.S. President, Donald Trump in response to stalled negotiations on denuclearization.

2019-12-23 17:37

Human cost of sanctions

One of the ironies of Donald Trump's engagement policy with North Korea over the past two years, is that while he praises the “beautiful letters” he has received from Kim Jong-un, he has done nothing to ease the “maximum pressure” sanctions that he imposed in 2017 when the U.S. president was in his “fire and fury” phase. Trump's refusal to move the needle is a key reason why Kim is now threatening to pursue a more aggressive course in dealing with the U.S. at the end of the year.

2019-12-09 17:50

Warning signs in N. Korea

North Korea recently urged its farmers to voluntarily contribute a larger portion of their harvests to state warehouses to feed troops and government workers. This was the latest indication that this year's harvest may be worse than initially predicted due to droughts and typhoons that hit its grain-producing regions. North Korea's crop output last year reportedly hit its lowest level in a decade and this year's harvest could be 9 percent lower than last year.

2019-11-25 16:20

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

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