An American Christian aid organization which focuses on tuberculosis (TB) and hepatitis treatment in North Korea is the latest NGO to be granted humanitarian sanctions exemptions by the UN, the website of the 1718 Sanctions Committee showed. 

As of August 7, the North Carolina-based Christian Friends of Korea (CFK) has been authorized by the UN to procure and ship materials for “humanitarian projects for vulnerable populations of TB, hepatitis and pediatric patients in the DPRK.” 

While the six-month exemption marks the second for CFK by the UN this year following one granted in mid-Januaryfor the same areas of work,