Topline North Korea is facing what it says is an unknown intestinal disease outbreak—suspected to be either cholera or typhoid—in the southwestern city of Haeju, according to the country’s state-run m...
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North Korea Claims Covid Outbreak Is Taking A ‘Favorable Turn’ As WHO Frets About Lack Of Data
Topline North Korea on Wednesday claimed its Covid-19 outbreak was taking a “favorable turn” while still reporting more than 200,000 new suspected cases as the World Health Organization expressed conc...
Kim Jong Un Slams ‘Irresponsible’ Government And Health Officials As North Korea’s Covid-19 Outbreak Surges
Topline North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blamed his own government’s officials for failing to tackle the country’s surging Covid-19 outbreak and ordered his military to step in as the number of suspect...
Covid-19 Outbreak Rips Through North Korea As Reports 15 More Deaths And Nearly 300,000 New Cases
Topline North Korea reported 15 new Covid-19 deaths along with hundreds of thousands of new patients with “fevers” as the country says it has mobilized millions of health and other workers to fight it...
North Korea Reports Its First Covid-19 Outbreak, Kim Jong-Un Orders National Lockdown
Topline North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered a nationwide lockdown on Thursday after his country publicly reported its first Covid-19 outbreak in a surprising acknowledgment after denying any cases...