Interview: Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator in N. Korea



Evergreen Interview: Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator in N. Korea Transcript of full interview with Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator to North Korea Gianluca Spezza January 31, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON NK News The last part of NK News miniseries dedicated to Humanitarian issues in North Korea is an interview with former Italian Diplomat and aid coordinator in North Korea, Dr. Massimo Urbani, who has worked in North Korea from 1997 to 2007, going back frequently after his duties in the country were over. Full interview transcript follows: NK News: How did you start your work in the DPRK and what do you recall of your first time in North Korea? Massimo Urbani: I am a surgeon by training and a diplomat by accident. Back in the early 1990s I was working with © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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Interview: Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator in N. Korea

Transcript of full interview with Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator to North Korea

Gianluca Spezza January 31, 2014

Interview: Massimo Urbani, former aid coordinator in N. Korea

NK News

The last part of NK News miniseries dedicated to Humanitarian issues in North Korea is an interview with former Italian Diplomat and aid coordinator in North Korea, Dr. Massimo Urbani, who has worked in North Korea from 1997 to 2007, going back frequently after his duties in the country were over.

Full interview transcript follows:

NK News: How did you start your work in the DPRK and what do you recall of your first time in North Korea?

Massimo Urbani: I am a surgeon by training and a diplomat by accident. Back in the early 1990s I was working with

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Gianluca Spezza

Gianluca Spezza earned his PhD in 2017 from the University of Central Lancashire under the supervision of Professor Hazel Smith, on the strength of research on the cooperation between UNICEF and the DPRK in education and childcare. Dr Spezza is an assistant professor of international relations and a senior researcher at the DPRK Strategy Center at KIMEP University in Almaty, Kazakhstan; he is writing a monograph on education, international cooperation, and human capital in North Korea (Palgrave 2021). His work on the DPRK, articles or interviews, can be found, among others, on the websites of the BBC, The Guardian, The Diplomat, IRIN News, NK News, DR.dk, Newsweek Korea, and El Confidential.

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