- North Korea lashed out at South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha for casting doubt over its claim that there were no coronavirus outbreaks there, warning of consequences for her “impudent” comment, state media said on Wednesday (Dec 9).
- Kang said on Saturday that it was “hard to believe” that North Korea had no coronavirus cases even as the country has been making all-out efforts to prevent the disease.
- North Korea has not officially confirmed any infections, though it has said there were thousands of “suspected cases”.
- In its most recent weekly report to the World Health Organization, North Korea said it had no confirmed cases of coronavirus, although it cited 8,594 “suspected cases”.
- The pandemic has further isolated North Korea, which has turned toward more top-down decision making where little is discussed on the country’s measures to tackle COVID-19, Kang said.
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