Agglobe Services International

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Agglobe Services International [1]

Pilju Kim Joo, Ph.D., is the President of Agglobe Services International, a development aid organization providing humanitarian and agricultural assistance to North Korea.

"In 2003 Dr. Joo’s non-profit organization (Agglobe Services International, Inc.) formed a joint venture with a North Korean company (Unpasan General Trading Co.) to oversee the operation of four collective farms with 2,428 cultivated hectares and four villages that have about 15,000 people who are dependant on the farms. The goal of this work is self-sustainability and food security for the people." [1]

In 2003 Agglobe also received funding from the Global Food Crisis Fund. [2]


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  1. Korea Ablaze, AsiaAblaze, accessed May 22, 2008.
  2. Newsline: Mar. 21, 2003, Church of the Brethren, accessed May 22, 2008.