The Last Americans in North Korea: Christian Missionaries
Their presence has sharpened debate over whether gifts of food and medicine promote goodwill or allow Kim Jong Un’s regime to divert spending to its nuclear arms program
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John Lyons and
Jonathan ChengUpdated March 19, 2018 2:23 pm ET
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Chris Rice, a Christian aid worker, followed his faith last fall to North Korea. He went to check on 53 tons of donated turkey and soybeans he had helped send to orphanages in the totalitarian state.
Before Mr. Rice left, church parishioners in his home state of North Carolina, including those who normally support such charity, couldn’t help but ask: If North Korea can build the bomb, why can’t it feed its own people?
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