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S. Korea dairy company CEO resigns over virus research scandal May 4, 2021 (Mainichi Japan) Hong Won-sik, chairman of Namyang Dairy Products, wipes his tears during a press conference at the companys headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, on May 4, 2021. (Hwang Gang-mo/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- The chairman of one of South Koreas biggest dairy companies has resigned over a scandal in which his company was accused of deliberately spreading misinformation that its yogurt helps pr...

North Korea founders memoir triggers censorship debate in South AFP 2 hrs ago AFP © Jung Yeon-je North Korean founder Kim Il-sungs eight-volume memoirs have been released in the South, potentially leaving their publisher at risk of prosecution for reproducing pro-Pyongyang materials A South Korean publishers defiant move to release the memoirs of the Norths founder Kim Il Sung has triggered a heated debate over Seouls decades-old ban on Pyongyangs propaganda under national ...

North Korea warns people to brace for virus struggle SECTIONS Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 08:31 AM IST Share Synopsis The North has claimed a perfect record in keeping out COVID-19, but outside experts have doubted the claim, given its poor health infrastructure and a porous border it shares with China, its economic lifeline. Agencies The column published on Pyongyangs official Rodong Sinmun newspaper came amid questions on when and how vaccines would arrive in North Korea. Isolated North Korea...

The Latest: NKorea warns people to brace for virus struggle By The Associated Press Associated Press May 3, 2021 — 9:25pm Text size Copy shortlink: SEOUL, South Korea -- Isolated North Korea is warning its people t...

Daily NK 2021.05.04 10:00am North Hamgyong Province’s justice department is reportedly investigating a member of the provincial Ministry of Social Security for attempting to use his position to wrongfully ensure his wife’s participation in the upcoming Socialist Women’s Union of Korea (SWUK) conference. “The Musan County Ministry of Social Security case management bureau’s vice director is currently under investigation,” a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK ...

The Latest: Sri Lanka receives 1st batch of Sputnik V shots The Associated Press © Eranga Jayawardena A Sri Lankan couple receive the vaccine for COVID-19 at a municipal health centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, April 30, 2021. For many weeks, the number of daily COVID-19 infections in the island nation of Sri Lanka stood below 200. But last week, the figure suddenly surged and reached 1,466 on Thursday, the highest ever in a single day since the start of the pandemic. (AP...

HEALTH–CORONAVIRUS/NORTHKOREA:N.Korea says COVID-19 vaccines are no panacea, warns of lengthy battle

The Latest: Kuwait to bar unvaccinated from travelling abroad by The Associated Press Last Updated May 4, 2021 at 4:15 am EDT Relatives of a person who died of COVID-19 mourn outside a field hospital in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, May 4, 2021. COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Kuwait’s government is barring unvaccinated residents from travelling abroad starting later...

FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks commute amid concerns over the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pyongyang, North Korea March 30, 2020, in this photo released by Kyodo. Picture taken March 30, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS SEOUL (Reuters) - North Koreas state media warned on Tuesday of the prospect of a lengthy battle against the coronavirus, saying vaccines developed by global drugmakers were proving to be "no universal panacea". The country has not officia...

URL copied North Korea warns people to brace for virus struggle Isolated North Korea is warning its people to brace for a prolonged struggle against the coronavirus, claiming that broadening outbreaks and muddled immunisation programmes in other countries show vaccines arent the ultimate solution. The column published on Pyongyangs official Rodong Sinmun newspaper came amid questions on when and how vaccines would arrive in North Korea. The UN-backed programme to ship COVID-19 vaccine...