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North Korea is kicking out most foreign NGOs by the end of the year, the Itar-Tass agency reported Monday quoting a foreign source in Pyongyang. The source said the country¡¯s Foreign Ministry recently asked NGO officials to put their affairs in order by December and turn their duties over to the North Koreans. That would completely end activities of 15 NGOs operating in North Korea, while the World Food Program and other humanitarian support groups will have to substantially reduce their efforts.
North Korean authorities have lately refused food aid from the international community, which is carefully monitored, in preference for promoting their own agricultural and food industries supplemented by aid from China and South Korea. The source explained that another background to the decision was the displeasure of the North Korean leadership over the recent repeated leaking of secret information.
(englishnews@chosun.com )
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