Cutting off food aid to North Korea would have disastrous consequences

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Cutting off food aid to North Korea would have disastrous consequences

While diversion of aid is a known risk, monitoring ensures food reaches the most vulnerable and has reduced malnutrition

Heeje Lee February 4, 2022

Cutting off food aid to North Korea would have disastrous consequences

NK News | North Koreans sit in a field in South Pyongan province on Sept. 6, 2018

The following article is an opinion piece by Heeje Lee of the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

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Heeje Lee

Heeje Lee, DDS, MPH is a researcher with the Korea Health Policy Project at Harvard Medical School. He is a dentist specializing in endodontics and prosthodontics. During his career he has visited many developing countries and lived in Ethiopia for over 2 years to serve patients and train local dentists and students. Since 2016, he has traveled to North Korea multiple times to teach at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), School of Dentistry.

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