WATCH: COVID, Sanctions, and North Korea Virtual Hill Briefing
April 20, 2020
Posted in: News
Humanitarian, medical, and policy experts weigh in on what we know and don’t know about COVID-19 in North Korea, how the US-led sanctions regime impacts regular people on the ground, and why we should be rethinking US-DPRK relations in light of the global pandemic.
Introduction: Rep. Ilhan Omar
Speakers:
Elizabeth Beavers, Women Cross DMZ (moderator)
Henri Feron, Center for International Policy
Kee Park, Harvard Medical Lecturer and DPRK Director of the Korean American Medical Association
Joy Yoon, co-founder Ignis Community
Dan Jasper, American Friends Service Committee
Hosted by Women Cross DMZ and Korea Peace Now!