Early Thursday morning Korean time, Radio Free Asia reported in Korean that North Korea had donated $300,000 in COVID-19 relief to Myanmar, citing a U.N. database. This was quickly picked up by Yonhap News Agency and proliferated from there to other English and Korean media.
The narrative that North Korea wanted to give aid to a military regime that recently ousted a democratic government could be read between the lines.
Early Thursday morning Korean time, Radio Free Asia reported in Korean that North Korea had donated $300,000 in COVID-19 relief to Myanmar, citing a U.N. database. This was quickly picked up by Yonhap News Agency and proliferated from there to other English and Korean media.
The narrative that North Korea wanted to give aid to a military regime that recently ousted a democratic government could be read between the lines.
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