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Source: http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/...erculosis-north-korea-stanford-medical-school
Steven BorowiecJanuary 19, 2014 04:17
Just how bad is tuberculosis in North Korea?
So bad that the regime is letting big-nosed Americans in to help.
SEOUL, South Korea ? Visiting North Korea is by no means easy.
To get in, you typically need to bring an asset that the country?s ruling elite desperately needs ? such as hard cash to spend on a canned tourist trip, or a willingness to let the regime wrest propaganda benefits from your reputation as an eccentric American basketball player.
So it?s significant that since 2008, a team from Stanford University has been allowed to visit several times each year to help address the country?s soaring tuberculosis problem...
Steven BorowiecJanuary 19, 2014 04:17
Just how bad is tuberculosis in North Korea?
So bad that the regime is letting big-nosed Americans in to help.
SEOUL, South Korea ? Visiting North Korea is by no means easy.
To get in, you typically need to bring an asset that the country?s ruling elite desperately needs ? such as hard cash to spend on a canned tourist trip, or a willingness to let the regime wrest propaganda benefits from your reputation as an eccentric American basketball player.
So it?s significant that since 2008, a team from Stanford University has been allowed to visit several times each year to help address the country?s soaring tuberculosis problem...