[Global NK Newsletter] The Double Dilemma of Aid Policies to North Korea, NK Update for July 2022
2022-09-05
August 22, 2022
[Global NK Research
Review]
The Double Dilemma of Aid Policies to North Korea
Taekyoon Kim, Professor of the Graduate School of
International Studies at Seoul National University, highlights the importance
of approaching humanitarian aid and development cooperation from a dual-dilemma
perspective. He provides an overview of an existing dilemma of humanitarian
assistance to North Korea, which converges on Pyongyang’s diversion of
humanitarian funds to build weapons. He suggests there would be another dilemma
caused by the deficiency of policy coordination within networks of humanitarian
agencies. Professor Kim argues that the second dilemma can be resolved without
consulting with North Korean authorities and thus should be addressed first, allowing
aid organizations to form a united front to solve the traditional dilemma of money
diversion.
[Global NK Special
Report] NK Update for July 2022
In this month’s NK Update, Hyunchul Shim, M.A.
Candidate at Seoul National University, discusses North Korea’s alignment with
China and Russia, and South Korea’s increased military cooperation with the
United States.
