Coronavirus: How the pandemic is hitting North Korea hard
Pyongyang officially denies any confirmed infections in the isolation nation, but there is little doubt among experts that it has suffered at least some cases of the virus.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
North Korea was one of the first countries in the world to effectively seal its borders with the outside world in January 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world.
Now more than a year later, while the coronavirus situation in North Korea remains unclear, various reports indicate the North Korean people are suffering both from the economic impact of lockdown measures, and from the virus itself.
릴레이회의에 무역 재개설까지… 연일 경제 다그치는 北
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김정은, 당 세포대회서 고난의 행군 재소환한 까닭은
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