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November 06, 2024
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Charity demands Seoul allow TB medication shipment to N.Korea

S. Korea doesn’t have a “mature humanitarian policy," Eugene Bell Foundation chairman says

The nonprofit Eugene Bell Foundation on Thursday called on the South Korean Ministry of Unification (MoU) to allow a shipment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) medication to arrive in North Korea as it had promised in August.

Speaking at a news conference after returning from a three-week visit to North Korea, Stephen Linton, Chairman of the Eugene Bell Foundation, said South Korea's MoU lacked a “mature humanitarian policy.”

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