News

Esther Im and Andray Abrahamian on COVID-19

February 24, 2020

NCNK Program Officer Esther Im and NCNK Member Andray Abrahamian teamed up recently to write an article published by 38 North about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and North Korea's response ... | Read More

NCNK Statement on Humanitarian Assistance to North Korea

December 20, 2018

The National Committee on North Korea welcomes Special Representative Stephen Biegun's initiative regarding the provision of U.S. humanitarian assistance to North Korea and looks forward to receiving information on the extent to which the present policy will be reconsidered ... | Read More

North Korea Travel Ban Goes into Effect

September 6, 2017

On September 1, a ban on U.S. travel to North Korea went into effect, prohibiting the use of U.S. passports to enter the DPRK except under limited circumstances. The State Department had formally announced the measure a month before it took effect, citing the “serious risk to United States nationals of arrest and long-term detention” while traveling to the country. ... | Read More

U.S. provides first humanitarian aid to North Korea in five years

January 26, 2017

South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh reveals that President Obama provided humanitarian aid earmarked for flood relief through the United Nations to North Korea just before leaving office. The article notes that the provision of aid could provide needed momentum to reset US-DPRK relations by the new Trump administration.

The US government has reportedly sent humanitarian aid earmarked for flood relief to North Korea’s North Hamgyong Province via the UN. ... | Read More