Our Representative
UNICEF Representative DPR Korea
Roland Kupka was appointed UNICEF Interim Representative to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in January 2024.
A national of Germany, Roland began his professional career as Research Scientist and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Nutrition at Harvard University in the United States.
He joined UNICEF in 2008 as public health nutritionist in the UNICEF Regional Office for West and Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal.
He subsequently worked as a Senior Nutrition Adviser at UNICEF Headquarters, New York to guide UNICEF’s global work on adolescent and maternal nutrition. At the same time, he served in various organizational leadership roles, including as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Micronutrient Forum, Board of Directors of the Iodine Global Network, and Executive Management Team of the Food Fortification Initiative.
Roland moved to Bangkok in 2020 to serve as the UNICEF Regional Nutrition Adviser and to provide strategic support to UNICEF’s nutrition programs operating in 14 countries throughout East Asia and Pacific.
Roland holds a Doctor of Science degree in Nutrition and Epidemiology from Harvard University in the United States.
