North Korean authorities have issued strict quarantine guidelines for Chinese fishing boats operating in DPRK waters, citing a COVID-19 “danger” likely posed by third country vessels, according to a draft of the forthcoming U.N. Panel of Experts (PoE) seen by NK Pro. 

A North Korean map, which an unspecified Member State’s coast guard obtained in Nov. 2020 along with the COVID-related guideline, showed what appeared to be inspection points and routes to enter or exit a specific area in DPRK waters named the “punishment work area (처벌작업구역)”, according to official North Korean documents featured in the forthcoming