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North Korea Clamps Down on Foreign Aid Groups

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North Korea Clamps Down on Foreign Aid Groups

Two recent deportations of aid workers in North Korea feed into debates about international aid for the country.

North Korea Clamps Down on Foreign Aid Groups
Credit: North Korea countryside image via Attila JANDI / Shutterstock.com

North Korea appears to be clamping down on international aid groups in the country. On Wednesday, the country’s propaganda news service announced the deportation of Sandra Suh, a U.S. citizen, accusing her of carrying out acts of propaganda against the state. It was the second deportation of an aid worker in less than two months.

The Korean Central News Agency said Suh had “engaged in anti-DPRK propaganda abroad with photos and videos about the DPRK she secretly produced and directed, out of inveterate repugnancy toward the DPRK.”

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