In 2014, the report of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic Peopleʼs Republic of Korea (DPRK) concluded that: “20 years after humanitarian agencies began their work in the DPRK, humanitarian workers still face unacceptable constraints impeding their access to populations in dire need.”51 The report found that the DPRK has “imposed movement and contact restrictions on humanitarian actors that unduly impede their access.” The DPRK has “deliberately failed to provide aid organizations with access to reliable data, which, if provided, would have greatly enhanced the effectiveness of the humanitarian response and saved many lives.” The North Korean government “continually obstructed effective monitoring of humanitarian assistance, presumably to hide the diversion of some of the aid to the military, elite, or other favored groups, as well as to markets.” In summary, the report stated:In this tightly controlled political climate, international humanitarian staff often have to make compromises.