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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Korean Peninsula Affairs
  Center present:Katharina Zellweger\,&nbsp\;Visiting\nFellow\, Center\nfor
 \nInternational Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University\, 
 Director\nof KorAid\nLimited (Hong Kong)North Korea: Addressing Human Need
 s in a Challenging Environment North\nKorea remains a closed-off society. 
 After international humanitarian aid\nprojects and programs began in the m
 id-1990s\, however\, more information began\nto become available about the
  social\, humanitarian\, and economic situation in\nthe country. Yet\, the
  international community continues to grapple with the\nquestion of whethe
 r or not – and\, if so\, how – to engage North Korea. Based on\nher hands-
 on experience and frequent in-country visits\, Zellweger will put this\nqu
 estion into perspective by sharing some insights on everyday life in North
 \nKorea and what can be done to help the country’s citizens move forward\,
  develop\nand grow\, despite a complex political environment.\n\n&nbsp\;\n
 \nKatharina\nZellweger\nis a\nsenior aid manager with over 30 years of fie
 ld experience in Hong Kong\, China\nand North Korea. She was based in Pyon
 gyang for five years (2006-2011) as the\nNorth Korea country director for 
 the Swiss Agency for Development and\nCooperation (SDC)\, an office of the
  Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\nZellweger currently manages the Hong 
 Kong-based KorAid\nLimited\, an NGO she established in 2015 to focus on se
 rving children in\ninstitutions and people with disabilities in North Kore
 a and in China with a\nview to later engagement in other projects in these
  countries. Zellweger is\nalso a visiting fellow at the Center for Interna
 tional Security and Cooperation\nat Stanford University in California. She
  holds a master’s in International\nAdministration from the School for Int
 ernational Training in Brattleboro\,\nVermont.Lunch will be served.For mor
 e information\,&nbsp\;please contact: Havva Karakas-keles\,&nbsp\;hkarakas
 @syr.eduFor information on accessibility\, or to request accommodation\, p
 lease contact&nbsp\;Marc Albert 315-443-9248 Sponsored by the&nbsp\;Korean
  Peninsula Affairs Center&nbsp\;at the Moynihan Institute of Global&nbsp\;
 Affairs
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SUMMARY:Katharina Zellweger - North Korea: Addressing Human Needs in a Chal
 lenging Environment
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs\, Kore
 an Peninsula Affairs Center present:</p><p><strong>Katharina Zellweger\,&n
 bsp\;</strong><em>Visiting\nFellow\, Center\nfor\nInternational Security a
 nd Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University\, Director\nof KorAid\nLimit
 ed (Hong Kong)</em></p><p><strong>North Korea: Addressing Human Needs in a
  Challenging Environment</strong> </p><p>North\nKorea remains a closed-off
  society. After international humanitarian aid\nprojects and programs bega
 n in the mid-1990s\, however\, more information began\nto become available
  about the social\, humanitarian\, and economic situation in\nthe country.
  Yet\, the international community continues to grapple with the\nquestion
  of whether or not – and\, if so\, how – to engage North Korea. Based on\n
 her hands-on experience and frequent in-country visits\, Zellweger will pu
 t this\nquestion into perspective by sharing some insights on everyday lif
 e in North\nKorea and what can be done to help the country’s citizens move
  forward\, develop\nand grow\, despite a complex political environment.\n\
 n&nbsp\;\n</p><p>\n<strong>Katharina\nZellweger\n</strong>is a\nsenior aid
  manager with over 30 years of field experience in Hong Kong\, China\nand 
 North Korea. She was based in Pyongyang for five years (2006-2011) as the\
 nNorth Korea country director for the Swiss Agency for Development and\nCo
 operation (SDC)\, an office of the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs.\nZel
 lweger currently manages the Hong Kong-based KorAid\nLimited\, an NGO she 
 established in 2015 to focus on serving children in\ninstitutions and peop
 le with disabilities in North Korea and in China with a\nview to later eng
 agement in other projects in these countries. Zellweger is\nalso a visitin
 g fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation\nat Stan
 ford University in California. She holds a master’s in International\nAdmi
 nistration from the School for International Training in Brattleboro\,\nVe
 rmont.</p><p>Lunch will be served.</p><p><em>For more information\,&nbsp\;
 please contact: Havva Karakas-keles\,&nbsp\;<a href="mailto:hkarakas@syr.e
 du">hkarakas@syr.edu</a><span></span></em></p><em>For information on acces
 sibility\, or to request accommodation\, please contact&nbsp\;Marc Albert 
 315-443-9248</em><p> </p><p><em><strong>Sponsored by the&nbsp\;Korean Peni
 nsula Affairs Center&nbsp\;<em><strong>at the Moynihan Institute of Global
 &nbsp\;Affairs</strong></em></strong></em></p>
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