Radio Free Asia reported that international organizations’ humanitarian aid projects for North Korea are not affected by Pyongyang’s temporary entry ban on foreign tourists.
 
World Food Program (WFP) spokeswoman Frances Kennedy told Radio Free Asia that its workers stationed in North Korea have made no reports of any problems with immigration services. She added it appears that the entry ban is applied to only tourists.
 
A staff member at the WFP office in Beijing also told the broadcaster that the UN agency’s employees are working in Pyongyang as usual.
 
Quoting the U.K.’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Voice of America reported Monday on North Korea's decision to keep diplomats and aid workers coming from Ebola-hit countries in quarantine for a period of 21 days from the date of departure.
 
Last week, North Korea announced that it will not accept foreign tourists temporarily in an effort to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus into the communist country.