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U.N. humanitarian chief visits North Korea where 10 million need aid

The U.N.'s top humanitarian official paid a rare visit to North Korea, meeting other aid providers and some of those who need help amid widespread food shortages and malnutrition.

North Korean school children crossing a street
North Korean school children crossing a street (AN/William Proby)

GENEVA (AN) — The U.N.'s top humanitarian official paid a rare visit to North Korea, meeting with other aid providers and some of the more than 10 million people who need outside help.

With his three-day visit, Mark Lowcock, head of the United Nations' Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, became OCHA's first official to visit the isolated nation since 2011.

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