This file photo, released by EPA, shows U.S. Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) speaking during a news conference at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, on Apr. 23, 2025. Yonhap
WASHINGTON — A U.S. senator has reintroduced a bill to expedite humanitarian assistance, including lifesaving medical care, to North Korea, as many people in the reclusive state are in need of food aid, nutritional support and access to health care and other basic services.
According to Congress' website, Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) submitted the bill on Wednesday, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) co-sponsoring it.
The bill's text has yet to be posted on Congress' website.
A previous bill submitted by Markey in 2021 called for enhancing U.S. sanctions exemptions to facilitate the provision of goods and other items that support humanitarian projects to meet basic human needs in North Korea.
