State Dept. North Korea grants could entail risk of criminal punishment



Evergreen State Dept. North Korea grants could entail risk of criminal punishment State Department call for funding proposals contradicts "do no harm" strategy advocated by UN COI Hamish Macdonald \| Ole Jakob Skåtun May 8, 2014 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON R. Cunningham Update, 5/17/2014: The original version of this article incorrectly referred to Lisa Ling, instead of Laura Ling, and a quote from the original State Dept. proposal has now been included in full to avoid confusion. In addition, we include a link to a detailed grant evaluation form for further context. A recent call for North Korea-focused grant proposals by the U.S. Department of State’s bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) could encourage activities that risk criminal punishment, several experts have told NK News. The call, which offers applicants grants of up to $350,000 to promote “human rights © 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 Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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State Dept. North Korea grants could entail risk of criminal punishment

State Department call for funding proposals contradicts "do no harm" strategy advocated by UN COI

Hamish Macdonald | Ole Jakob Skåtun May 8, 2014

State Dept. North Korea grants could entail risk of criminal punishment

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Update, 5/17/2014: The original version of this article incorrectly referred to Lisa Ling, instead of Laura Ling, and a quote from the original State Dept. proposal has now been included in full to avoid confusion. In addition, we include a link to a detailed grant evaluation form for further context.

A recent call for North Korea-focused grant proposals by the U.S. Department of State’s bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) could encourage activities that risk criminal punishment, several experts have told NK News.

The call, which offers applicants grants of up to $350,000 to promote “human rights

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Hamish Macdonald

Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI who formerly worked on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.

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Ole Jakob Skåtun is a freelance journalist. In addition to reporting on Korean affairs for newspapers in his native Norway, his previous work also includes freelance work from Russia.

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