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Ifang Bremer
Ifang Bremer is a former Seoul Correspondent at NK News. He has worked on investigations for The Guardian and The Observer and previously wrote features on Korea for Dutch newspaper NRC.
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News UN human rights agency calls on North Korea to open borders to COVID-19 aidLack of national vaccination program could have ‘devastating impact’ on the DPRK’s human rights situation, OHCHR says
The absence of a vaccination program in North Korea could have a “devastating” impact on the country’s already dismal human rights situation, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said in a statement on Wednesday. Pointing to the country’s “very limited healthcare infrastructure,” the OHCHR encouraged North Korea to “discuss with the U.N. the opening of channels for humanitarian support, including medicines, vaccines, equipment, and other life-saving support.” The World Health Organization has already offered North Korea millions of vaccines through COVAX, and South Korea and Chinahave signaled they will help the © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |