North Korea on March 21 announced that the Third Session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) will be held on April 10, despite ongoing anti-coronavirus quarantine measures in the country. This date falls in line with the normal time frame of the first two weeks of April for North Korea’s spring SPA sessions. 

North Korea appears to be taking precautions in the light of ongoing concerns about the coronavirus, however, as the SPA session will draw 687 deputies from all over the country: it apparently plans to minimize the duration of SPA deputies’ sojourn in Pyongyang by