Between October 5 and October 7, North Korea’s Ministry of Land and Environment Protection (MoLEP) and the Canada-DPRK Knowledge Partnership Program (KPP) jointly held an international conference to promote sustainable development in the DPRK.

International and domestic experts, foreign diplomats and governmental officials gathered in Pyongyang to discuss development and experiences in the fields of climate change, sustainable tourism, management of forestry, agriculture, waste, and water.

NK Newssat down briefly with Professor Kyung-Ae Park, Director of the KPP at the University of British Columbia, following the conference to speak about the latest in a series of knowledge-sharing conferences organized in the