Tag: coronavirus
Medicine shortages make life difficult for Hyesan residents
Amid the spread of COVID-19 in North Korea, medicine shortages are making life difficult for many people in Hyesan, Daily NK has learned.
A source...
Hoeryong authorities cremated around 20 bodies in late May
Amid reports of people dying of starvation in North Korea, disease control officials in Hoeryong cremated about 20 dead bodies in late May.
“A corpse...
N. Hamgyong Province organizes teams to help those in home quarantine
North Hamgyong Province has recently organized a team of military and civilian volunteers to help people in home quarantine, Daily NK has learned.
A source...
N. Korea lifts restrictions on the operation of markets in some...
North Korean authorities have recently lifted restrictions on some of the country’s general markets, Daily NK has learned.
According to multiple Daily NK sources in...
Many N. Koreans skeptical about their own government’s COVID-19 statistics
North Korea is claiming that the country’s COVID-19 situation is improving, with the number of new fever cases decreasing. Yet several Daily NK sources...
Hyesan residents receive little support from the government while under home...
North Korea's government is failing to provide much assistance to people quarantined at home after displaying symptoms of COVID-19.
Daily NK recently conducted an interview...
Daily NK talks to three defectors about N. Korea’s COVID-19 situation
Daily NK recently sat down with three defectors with family members still in North Korea and asked their opinions about the current COVID-19 situation...
Special Report: How N. Korea is dealing with its COVID-19 crisis
Daily NK recently put together a special report focused on how North Korea is dealing with its COVID-19 crisis. The report provides a broad...
N. Korea warns that a major crisis point in the COVID-19...
North Korea’s State Emergency Anti-epidemic Command (SEAC) recently issued an order to disease control agencies throughout the country warning that a “major crisis point”...
N. Korea’s security agency spreads rumors suggesting a S. Korean connection...
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security has recently started efforts directed at residents of the country’s China-North Korea border region to blame the domestic...
