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Rumors suggest Kim Jong Un may have gotten vaccinated against COVID-19 back in May

Rumors are circulating among North Korean cadres that the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was vaccinated against COVID-19 in May.   According to a Daily NK...
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Sources: Large numbers of North Korean soldiers die in hospitals for suspected COVID-19 patients

North Korean military authorities are in shock after mass deaths occurred at hospitals for soldiers suspected of having COVID-19, multiple sources inside the country...

North Koreans with COVID-19 symptoms are dying after being released from quarantine facilities

North Korean authorities continue to claim the country has had no confirmed cases of COVID-19, yet evidence is mounting that people with coronavirus symptoms...
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N. Korea has more than 100,000 people with COVID-19 symptoms quarantined in state facilities

North Korea continues to claim to have had no confirmed cases of COVID-19. However, there are currently over 100,000 North Koreans isolated in state...
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North Korea begins human testing of its own COVID-19 vaccine

North Korea has begun human testing of a COVID-19 vaccine the country is developing and the country's vaccine developers are using manufacturing know-how stolen...
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Classroom doors at N. Korean schools “sealed shut”

North Korea’s education authorities have taken the unprecedented step of locking the doors to school classrooms and affixing them with “paper seals” amid efforts...
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Rise in COVID-19 cases in Russia spark concern in North Korea

North Koreans in border areas are becoming increasingly concerned with news of the coronavirus spreading aggressively in neighboring Russia, a Daily NK source reported...
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Photos from Hyesan reveal the impact of disease control efforts

Two months have passed since North Korea shut down its borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the country from...
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Novel coronavirus has killed 20+ North Koreans, sources

While North Korean authorities insist via state media that there are no people infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, Daily NK...
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Kim Jong Un is directly handling results of new COVID-19 hacking organization’s work

Amid the news that North Korean authorities recently created a new hacking organization dedicated to stealing information related to COVID-19, Daily NK has learned...

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