The Engage DPRK project began with the question of what is most needed to help the people of North Korea.

The most popular answer, from numerous sources, was “information.”

Jiehae Blackman, who said she has been working on issues related to the North for eight years, began the project two years ago by asking that question, as well as what outsiders could do to help North Koreans, to numerous organizations and others working with the country.

She was told of an “information gap” between those working closely with the country, be it through NGOs or investors, and those outside, relying