The nonprofit Eugene Bell Foundation on Thursday called for the South Korean government to open inter-Korean overland routes for medical shipments to mitigate supply difficulties caused by international sanctions.
It has become “very hard” to send multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication and equipment from third countries to North Korea due to UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, program director Jinnie Hong told assembled media at a news conference in Seoul.
The nonprofit Eugene Bell Foundation on Thursday called for the South Korean government to open inter-Korean overland routes for medical shipments to mitigate supply difficulties caused by international sanctions.
It has become “very hard” to send multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication and equipment from third countries to North Korea due to UN Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, program director Jinnie Hong told assembled media at a news conference in Seoul.
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