Jun 19, 2019 · North Korea urgently needs food aid as a result of failed rains and a poor harvest. So who's sending aid to North Korea and how has this been affected by sanctions imposed against...

Jan 27, 2025 · A White House order suspending funding for U.S. foreign assistance programs is already affecting North Korean human rights organizations, while raising concerns about impacts on other DPRK-related initiatives that rely on U.S. government support.

May 30, 2024 · After a seven-year hiatus, U.S. organizations began exporting humanitarian aid to North Korea last year – much of it medical and laboratory equipment and supplies, according to data from U.S....

Dec 31, 2021 · Humanitarian aid funding to North Korea has fallen to the lowest level ever this year, U.N. data shows, as two years of extreme virus measures have driven out aid workers and undercut efforts to send assistance.

Nov 20, 2023 · North Korea’s pandemic border controls and insistence on self-reliance are impeding the provision of much-needed aid, contributing to the deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the country, multiple international organizations have told the U.N. Panel of Experts.

Oct 26, 2021 · Although no formal change to the DPRK’s severe closed border policy has been announced, the WHO said it has begun to transport emergency health kits, medicines, and medical supplies through the Chinese port of Dalian to the North Korean port of Nampo. The United States welcomed the news.

Aug 19, 2024 · North Koreans face mounting financial burdens for flood recovery as the regime rejects international aid, sparking widespread discontent.

Jul 12, 2021 · U.S. humanitarian aid is a "sinister political scheme" to put pressure on other countries, a North Korean researcher said, after suggestions from U.S. allies such as South Korea that...

Jan 28, 2018 · Foreign aid helps North Korea and the U.S. keep communication open and approachable, regardless of the existing anxieties. In early 2017, the U.S. sent assistance to North Korea, despite the growing tensions. It marked the …

Apr 2, 2014 · Between 1995 and 2008, the United States provided North Korea with over $1.3 billion in assistance: slightly more than 50% for food aid and about 40% for energy assistance. Since early 2009, the United States has provided virtually no aid to North Korea, though episodically there have been discussions about resuming large-scale food aid.

Jan 3, 2007 · U.S. Assistance to North Korea: Fact Sheet Mark E. Manyin Specialist in Asian Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Summary This report summarizes U.S. assistance to the Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea (DPRK, also known as North Korea). It will be updated periodically to track changes in U.S. provision of aid to No ...

Aug 15, 2021 · This article investigates the determinants of donors' aid allocation decision to North Korea and finds that dyadic factors – diplomatic ties, foreign policy similarities, and bilateral trade volume – are significantly associated with some donors' aid allocation to this country.

4 days ago · But while the United States is the world’s biggest foreign aid donor, it only spends 1 percent of its federal budget on foreign assistance; 60 percent of that aid is administered by USAID. U.S ...

May 19, 2022 · But with the COVID-19 situation rapidly changing, North Korea is faced with two options: allow Omicron to run rampant and face the consequences, or open up to aid. “It’s very late in the...

Mar 5, 2025 · The lawyers said in a filing that Mr. Trump's Jan. 20 executive order and subsequent State Department and USAID memoranda halting foreign aid and ordering contractors to stop work "plunged" the ...

Sep 22, 2021 · With the appropriate verification protocols, humanitarian aid would not violate any of the current sanctions against North Korea under current UN Security Council resolutions and U.S. law. It remains unknown how many COVID-19 cases or deaths North Korea has suffered.

Between 1995 and 2008, the United States provided North Korea with over $1.3 billion in assistance: slightly more than 50% for food aid and about 40% for energy assistance. Since early 2009, the United States has provided virtually no aid to North Korea, though episodically there have been discussions about resuming large-scale food aid.

Mar 5, 2025 · A sharply divided Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that the Trump administration must comply with a district court order and pay out nearly $2 billion in foreign assistance funds to nonprofit aid ...

Mar 26, 2024 · Humanitarian organizations say North Korea’s ongoing border closure has made it “impossible” to accurately assess the level of need inside the country, according to the latest U.N. Panel of Experts report, with no information from Pyongyang on …

Sep 3, 2024 · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is no longer interested in foreign aid or external support to handle his country’s humanitarian problems, a former senior DPRK diplomat said on Tuesday.