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North Korea mobilizes army in fight against COVID-19 spread: State media
Six more deaths and over 269,000 ‘fever’ patients also recorded since Sunday
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
North Korea reports first-ever COVID-19 outbreak – NKNews Podcast Ep. 236
The NK News team discusses the country’s health care and how the current outbreak might affect a possible nuclear test
State media review: Pandemic and drought conspire in North Korea
An in-depth analysis of water shortages, the COVID-19 outbreak, criticism of the new South Korean president and more
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
Good troublemakers are the key to fixing democracy in South Korea
President Yoon may not appreciate that strengthening democratic institutions and norms starts by empowering the people
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
