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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
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
Pyongyang’s COVID negligence could spell disaster for its most vulnerable
North Korea’s malnourished, unvaccinated population makes it extremely vulnerable to the virus, experts say
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