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North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak by the numbers
Official statistics paint bleak, if uneven, picture of mass outbreak inside the country
North Korean rural areas active as ‘fever’ rips through country
Farmers and other agricultural workers engaging rice fields and walking outside amid COVID-19 ‘lockdown’ orders
UN agency granted sanctions exemption to help improve ‘food security’ in DPRK
Food and Agriculture Organization gets green light to send support for farming sector amid reports of drought
Seoul attempts to offer vaccines, test kits and other aid to COVID-stricken DPRK
But Pyongyang did not make it clear whether it was willing to entertain the offer
North Korea struggling to provide medicine amid COVID outbreak: Kim Jong Un
State media reports 50 dead and over 1.2 million cases since the start of the outbreak this month
Over 1 million North Koreans mobilized to fight COVID-19 as outbreak continues
'Fever' cases in the hundreds of thousands as Kim Jong Un attends funeral for Pyongyang elite Yang Hyong Sop
North Korea reports 21 more deaths due to ‘fever’ amid nationwide COVID outbreak
State media says over half a million people affected by fever symptoms since April as DPRK battles COVID-19 outbreak
Second North Korean defector this year found guilty of spying for Pyongyang
Court says defector worked on behalf of Pyongyang to convince other defectors to return to North Korea
South Korean president offers COVID-19 vaccines to North Korea
Unclear whether North Korea, which has administered no known vaccines, will be receptive to foreign assistance
China ‘ready to go all out’ to support North Korea after COVID outbreak
As hundreds of thousands battle ‘fever’ in North Korea, China joins WHO and South Korea in offering COVID-19 aid
