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Gabriela Bernal
Gabriela Bernal is an analyst at NK News and NK Pro. She has a Ph.D. from the University of North Korean Studies, and her work has appeared in various media and online outlets.
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Analysis Why South Korea’s call for a Northeast Asia health initiative will likely failSouth Korea's president wants China, Mongolia, Japan and — most importantly — North Korea to band together on COVID-19 Last month, South Korean President Moon Jae-in pitched a big idea to the U.N. General Assembly: a public health cooperative among Northeast Asian countries — namely, North and South Korea. Moon argued that the COVID-19 era makes this kind of cooperation more important than ever. His “Northeast Asia Cooperation Initiative for Infectious Disease Control and Public Health would include both Koreas, as well as China, Japan and Mongolia. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |