The U.N. food program estimates that it will need over three times more funding for projects in North Korea over the next six months, anticipating an increase in its activity if the DPRK ends its COVID-19 border controls.

In its latest Global Operational Response Plan published Friday, the World Food Program (WFP) projects it will need $38 million in funding from June to Nov. 2023 — 3.5 times more than the $14 million the organization called for last year. 

The organization said it is still $12 million short of the $38 million funding goal.

“Upon reopening of international borders to