Peace on the Korean Peninsula has been a long sought after goal. This conference will introduce the health and humanitarian approaches to engagement with the DPRK that have been taking place over the past twenty years. In the wake of political tensions, it is often these aid groups that are the only means of connection with communities in the DPRK. It will highlight the lessons to be learned from the professional aid workers as they navigated the politicization of aid.

Join us for a robust learning and discussion experience at Harvard University in the U.S. The North Korea Study Group, a student organization at Harvard Kennedy School, the HMS/ HSDM Korean Student Society, Harvard Chan North Korea Public Health Student Club, and Harvard Chan Student Club for International Health Care Systems (HCHC) are jointly organizing this event. This conference is sponsored by the Council of Korean Americans and the Korean Economic Institute, Institute for Corean-American Studies, Young-Chul Min Memorial Fund at the Korea Institute, and Harvard University Harvard University Asia Center

The conference will feature eminent former scholars and humanitarians whose valuable insights on North Korea are worth sharing. To ensure honest and constructive discussions, the conference will be off-the-record while attendees can freely take part in Q&A after each speaker session. Only a select number of preapproved jounalists will be allowed to cover the event.

Peace on the Korean Peninsula: The Health and Humanitarian Approaches