Kee B. Park
Lead for the Korea Policy Project, Harvard Medical School
Kee B. Park, MD, MPH, is a Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine and the Lead for the Korea Policy Project at the Harvard Medical School. As the Director of the DPRK Program at the Korean American Medical Association, he has worked alongside North Korean doctors in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 2007. His research focuses on studying the unique features of the DPRK health system and how the geopolitical factors influence human security and the flow of humanitarian aid.
Kee B. Park, M.D., M.P.H., est professeur spécialisé en santé mondiale et la médecine sociale et responsable du projet de politique coréenne à la Harvard Medical School. En tant que directeur du programme RPDC de la Korean American Medical Association, il travaille aux côtés de médecins nord-coréens en République populaire démocratique de Corée depuis 2007. Ses recherches se concentrent sur l’étude des caractéristiques uniques du système de santé de la RPDC et sur la manière dont les facteurs géopolitiques influencent la sécurité des personnes et le flux de l’aide humanitaire.
My Sessions
Unintended Consequences: The Dire Impact of Sanctions on Humanitarian Aid & Peacebuilding
Room 106 DChiran Livera
Teri Mattson
Kee B. Park
Rachel Vincent
Register for this session International sanctions imposed on countries by the United Nations and member states, including Canada, clearly exempt humanitarian activities. Nevertheless, sanctions cause serious challenges and delays for humanitarian actors working in countries like North Korea (the DPRK) and Venezuela, and sometimes result in harm to vulnerable populations. Hear about the impact of […]