Tag: covid-19
At least 30 suspected COVID-19 cases emerge after New Year’s performance
North Korea held a New Year’s performance with crowds of people gathered together despite the country’s “emergency anti-epidemic” efforts against COVID-19. Since the performance,...
North Korean leadership orders public health officials to focus all efforts...
As governments around the world set out to secure COVID-19 vaccines, North Korean authorities have also reportedly issued an order to secure as much...
N. Korean authorities issue order calling for strict compliance to social...
North Korean authorities have recently issued an emergency order calling for strict compliance with social distancing rules at workplaces, Daily NK has learned.
A source...
N. Korean authorities slap ban on travel between regions until next...
North Korea has reportedly banned people from traveling between regions from early December through the end of next February as a “super-class” quarantine measure...
Military quarantine facilities suffering from shortages of beds, medical supplies
As the number of sick or quarantined soldiers due to COVID-19 rises in the North Korean military, military quarantine facilities are also reportedly suffering...
North Korea has 24 COVID-19 quarantine facilities for the military
The cumulative number of soldiers in the North Korean military’s 24 COVID-19-related quarantine facilities has surpassed 50,000, according to a Daily NK source in...
N. Korea locks down entirety of Chagang Province due to COVID-19...
All of Chagang Province has reportedly been put under lockdown just five days after the province’s Wiwon County was put under lockdown due to...
N. Korea locks down county in Chagang Province due to COVID-19...
A lockdown order has reportedly been issued in Wiwon County, Chagang Province, after several deaths of individuals displaying symptoms of COVID-19. With deaths occurring...
Lockdown in Manpo lifted, but some 100 people have died of...
The lockdown in Manpo, Chagang Province, which was implemented amid fears COVID-19 had entered the city, was lifted this past Saturday, but over 100...
Many N. Korean restaurants in Dandong recently began “normal operations”
North Korean restaurants in Dandong, China, have recently begun operating as normal after having been closed for months due to COVID-19, Daily NK has...
