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Jul 09, 2021 09:49 PM EDT
(Photo : Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP / Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)
A man watches a television screen showing news footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attending the 8th congress of the ruling Workers' Party held in Pyongyang, at a railway station in Seoul on January 6, 2021.
In a sudden turn of events, North Korea's Kim Jong-Un has refused assistance from other nations who are willing to provide coronavirus vaccines, with the country's leader saying there have not yet been any confirmed cases of the COVID-19 infection in the region.
The controversy comes amid the continued spread of the covid-19 throughout all nations and the rise of more transmissible and highly dangerous variants. North Korean authorities have also closed their borders for nearly a year and a half to prevent travelers from coming into the country and potentially bringing the infection into the area.