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North Korea has issued a warning to people not to speak about national leader Kim Jong Un's health after he recently lost weight, describing such discourse as a "reactionary act."

North Korea faces 1.3 million-ton food shortage, Seoul says By (0) North Korea's agricultural output has been impacted by natural disaster in 2020, Seoul's unification ministry said Thursday. File Photo by Stephen Shaver/UPI | License Photo Feb. 18 (UPI) -- North Korea is facing a food shortage of more than 1 million tons, and aid should be provided in a timely manner, the South's unification ministry said. Minister Lee In-young said Thursday at a meeting of the National Assembly's Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee that the shortage is due to heavy flooding in North Korea last summe...

The  Wall Street Journal claimed Monday, citing one “person familiar with the matter,” that the communist regime governing North Korea formally submitted a request to participate in a global plan to distribute Chinese coronavirus vaccines, despite insisting it has not confirmed a single case of coronavirus disease within its borders. The report also claimed North Korean officials had begun inquiring to counterparts in Europe about the potential of purchasing approved vaccines. The report notably did not mention any indication that North Korea has requested doses of vaccine candidates bei...