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travel documents covid

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N. Korea distributes documents educating people about COVID-19

Kang Mi Jin - May 26, 2020

North Korean freight train

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Electric train cable theft stops train services near Hamhung for three...

Lee Sang-yong - May 26, 2020

bottled water

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Chagang Province residents turn to bottled water following water pollution incident

Ha Yuna - May 26, 2020

project

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Wonsan-Kalma project workers sent to Pyongyang hospital project

Jeong Tae Joo - May 26, 2020

schools disease

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N. Korea orders schools to follow strict disease prevention rules

Kim Yoo Jin - May 25, 2020

North Korean sellers peddle goods on the fringes of a market in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province, in October 2018.

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Hamhung currency broker sentenced to life in prison

Lee Sang-yong - May 25, 2020

china workers

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Some N. Korea factory workers in China are not getting paid

Ha Yuna - May 25, 2020

chronic medicines

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Chronic illness sufferers face dire shortages of medicines

Seulkee Jang - May 25, 2020

chagang province

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Chagang Province locality experiences COVID-19 “false alarm”

Kang Mi Jin - May 25, 2020

Samjiyon work units rumors

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Source: Rumors suggest that KJU recently stayed in Samjiyon

Ha Yuna - May 23, 2020

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