Coronavirus - North Korea

Timeless - Place at Top - COVID-19 in North Korea - Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel - Travel Health Notices | Travelers' Health | CDC Home expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand expand COVID-19 risk in North Korea is unknown. CDC recommends travelers avoid all nonessential international travel to North Korea.

2020-08-26 - N. Korea's Kim convenes meeting for typhoon, coronavirus responses North Korean leader Kim Jong-un convened a politburo meeting of the ruling Worker's Party on Tuesday to discuss measures in response to Typhoon Bavi and the coronavirus outbreak, the North's Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday. It is imperative to minimize casualties and crop damage. A good harvest depends on it, Kim was quoted as saying at the meeting, urging aides to keep people inf...

2020-08-26 - North Korea and coronavirus: Hide-and-seek with the world | Asia| An in-depth look at news from across the continent | DW | 26.08.2020 Coronavirus has left a trail of destruction for many neighboring countries ” but in Pyongyang, leader Kim Jong Un denies that there have been any infections. Is this true? DW spoke to a doctor who fled North Korea.

2020-08-26 - North Korea and coronavirus: Hide-and-seek with the world | Taiwan News North Korea and coronavirus: Hide-and-seek with the world

2020-08-26 - North Korea's Kim Jong-un issues warning on Covid-19 amid speculation over his health google-play-badge_EN North Korean state media on Wednesday showed leader Kim Jong-un at a meeting of a top committee issuing warnings about the coronavirus and a looming typhoon, following international speculation over

2020-08-25 - North Korea's Kim Jong Un calls for readiness against coronavirus, typhoon - MarketWatch In a rare display of urgency, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held his third high-level political conference in as many weeks, where he raised alarm about...

2020-08-25 - North Korea quietly stops claiming zero COVID-19 cases in the country | NK News

2020-08-14 - North Korea, Fighting Coronavirus and Floods, Rejects Outside Aid - The New York Times The country has reported extensive flood damage. But its leader, Kim Jong-un, says that humanitarian aid might bring in Covid-19.

2020-08-14 - North Korea lifts lockdown on city where suspected virus case spotted North Korea has decided to lift a lockdown imposed on the border city of Kaesong where the country's first suspected case of the novel coronavirus was detected late last month, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reports.

2020-08-13 - North Korea lifts lockdown in town after suspected coronavirus case - Reuters North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has lifted a three-week lockdown in the city of Kaesong after a suspected case of the novel coronavirus there, state media reported on Friday, without saying if it had been confirmed or was a false alarm.

2020-08-07 - Coronavirus: North Korea's emergency response raises fears of outbreak | The Independent North Korea has raised suspicions of an unreported coronavirus outbreak after quarantining thousands of people, despite tests proving inconclusive for a man suspected to be the country's first case. The reclusive nation declared a state of emergency and leader Kim Jong-un ordered a total lockdown of the border city of Kaesong on 26 July after discovering a person with Covid-19

2020-08-06 - North Korea ships massive aid supplies to city with coronavirus scare, despite still claiming no cases | Fox News A North Korean city placed in an ultra-emergency state over a suspected coronavirus case has been sent more than 550,000 aid items, the country's state media is reporting Thursday, despite the Hermit Kingdom's continued insistence that the disease doesn't exist within its borders. 

2020-08-06 - North Korea Steps up Its War on COVID-19 “ The Diplomat As North Korea doubles down on COVID-19 containment measures, local sources report several outbreaks.

2020-08-05 - WHO says North Korea's COVID-19 test results for first suspected case 'inconclusive' - Reuters North Korea's test results for a man suspected of being the country's first coronavirus case were inconclusive, though authorities have quarantined more than 3,635 primary and secondary contacts, a World Health Organization official told Reuters.

2020-07-28 - How Covid-19 Could Give Kim Jong Un a Doomsday Weapon - POLITICO 0

2020-07-27 - North Korea defector may have brought back coronavirus case - Business Insider North Korea reportedly had cases as far back as March, but Kim Jung Un hasn't acknowledged coronavirus cases until now.

2020-07-26 - North Korea Reports 1st Suspected Case Of Coronavirus : Coronavirus Live Updates : NPR North Korean leader Kim Jong Un placed the city of Kaesong under lockdown after a person suspected to have the coronavirus returned from South Korea, according to state news agency KCNA.

2020-07-26 - North Korea reports possible first case of COVID-19

2020-07-26 - Kim Jong Un Finally Admits Coronavirus Is in North Korea North Korea's report on its COVID-19 crisis suggests the need to reinforce Kim's leadership at a time when confidence in his ability to control the pandemic is in doubt.

2020-07-26 - North Korea declares emergency over suspected Covid-19 case | North Korea | The Guardian Kim Jong-un imposes lockdown on Kaesong, calling it a 'critical situation'

2020-07-26 - North Korea declares emergency over suspected coronavirus case - Axios It's the first suspected case Pyongyang has announced.

2020-07-25 - North Korea puts Kaesong city in lockdown over suspected coronavirus outbreak | Honolulu Star-Advertiser

2020-07-10 - North Korea asks for 'sacrifices' as coronavirus concerns rise - UPI.com North Korea is placing greater focus on disease prevention, describing efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic as more important than economic development.

2020-07-09 - North Korea: No COVID-19 cases? Two medical professionals tell their story | Amnesty International Little is known about the health care system in North Korea, but its apparent ability to escape COVID-19 makes it worth digging deeper. We speak to two North Korean health care professionals now living in South Korea.

2020-05-13 - Beware North Korea taking advantage of coronavirus chaos - Nikkei Asian Review The three-week disappearance by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from the public scene has fueled much speculation regarding his health and h

2020-04-13 - The Coronavirus and North Korea: Is There a Cure for Kim's Nuclear Blackmail? | RAND Despite the pandemic, North Korea's recent activities suggest that Kim Jong Un will likely stay the course in his ongoing campaign against the United States and the broader Northeast Asia region.

2020-04-12 - A tale of two Koreas in the age of coronavirus Search The Brookings Institution The Brookings Institution Search Menu Twitter The Brookings Institution Facebook Twitter YouTube Podcast Browse Newsletters RSS The Brookings Institution Close Close In recent months, both North and South Korea have been in the news for how they are managing the COVID-19 outbreak.

2020-04-02 - North Korea insists it is free of coronavirus North Korea remains totally free of the coronavirus, a senior health official in Pyongyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism overseas as confirmed global infections near one million.

2020-03-06 - North Korea's Coronavirus Quarantine: More Effective Than Sanctions | Council on Foreign Relations Coronavirus will likely be far more effective than sanctions in inducing internal changes in North Korea.

2020-02-29 - If coronavirus spreads to North Korea there will be 'serious consequences,' Kim Jong Un says - The Boston Globe Kim emphasized that all fields and units of the country should unconditionally obey quarantine instructions laid-out by the anti-epidemic headquarters. He called for the strict enforcement of preventive measures against the virus.

2020-02-13 - Vulnerability of North Korean People to Coronavirus Outbreak - United States Department of State 0