How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls



Analysis How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls Legislative changes show how regime ramped up punishments as it struggled to bring citizens into compliance with rules Martin Weiser May 12, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Illustration of people wearing masks \| Image: NK News South Korea’s National Intelligence Service recently released a large volume of North Korean legislation that provides new details into how the DPRK legally responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning from early 2020 up to the country’s first official outbreak revealed exactly one year ago. Available documents do not include cabinet regulations or all specific orders from Kim Jong Un. But they reveal that North Korea’s legal response to the pandemic occurred over several stages — one revision to the Infection Disease Prevention Law (IDPL) and multiple revisions to the Emergency Anti-epidemic Law (EAL). NK Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins 03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won 04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia 05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy 06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses 07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats 08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine 09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads 10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

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How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls

Legislative changes show how regime ramped up punishments as it struggled to bring citizens into compliance with rules

Martin Weiser May 12, 2023

How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls

Illustration of people wearing masks | Image: NK News

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service recently released a large volume of North Korean legislation that provides new details into how the DPRK legally responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning from early 2020 up to the country’s first official outbreak revealed exactly one year ago.

Available documents do not include cabinet regulations or all specific orders from Kim Jong Un. But they reveal that North Korea’s legal response to the pandemic occurred over several stages — one revision to the Infection Disease Prevention Law (IDPL) and multiple revisions to the Emergency Anti-epidemic Law (EAL).

01New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
02How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins
03What to make of the stunning collapse in value of North Korean won
04What to know about Kim Yong Bok, the man leading North Korean troops in Russia
05If Trump: How erratic leader’s reelection could scramble North Korea policy
06North Korea’s admission of drone incursion exposes glaring gaps in air defenses
07The war in Ukraine is transforming how Europe perceives North Korean threats
08What North Korea stands to gain by sending troops to fight in Ukraine
09Satellite imagery shows DPRK laid explosives at edge of MDL to destroy roads
10Deciphering the return of No Kwang Chol as North Korea’s minister of defense

How North Korea wielded the law against violators of pandemic controls

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