Dilemmas and policy options for US aid to North Korea

North Korean school children eat UN World Food Programme provided food in Pochon county. (Photo: AAP)

Author: Ben Ascione, Waseda University

Since 1995 the US has ‘provided North Korea with over US$1.2 billion in assistance’ — about 60 per cent for food aid and about 40 per cent for energy assistance to North Korea.

The provision of this aid has raised difficult political, moral and policy dilemmas. Read more…