SEOUL — Ebola quarantine measures placed on foreigners by North Korean authorities will negatively affect its economy, an NGO official said in a conference Wednesday.

While recognizing North Korea’s push for attracting outside investors, Chosun Exchange director Andray Abrahamian expressed concerns during his presentation on business opportunities in North Korea at the conference, hosted by the Institute for Far Eastern Studies.

“Some positive takeaways from both the SEZ policy and the bits of information that have emerged on the May 30th measures have been damaged by Pyongyang’s response to Ebola,” he said.

The May 30th Measures refer to a number of