IRIN: Donors lose appetite for North Korean food aid
“There’s a question mark hovering over the immediate future of aid delivery as food assistance — once a symbolic thread of engagement with North Korea — has become wrapped up in red tape and is starting to weigh heavily on weary donors. … [A] turbulent year filled with nuclear bluster may have exhausted any lingering goodwill among most international donors. Both donors and aid groups now face a mounting ethical debate — and a potential public relations catastrophe — when engaging with volatile North Korea…” (Loy, 1/9).

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