Tag: covid-19
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...
Wonsan university on lockdown after students put under quarantine
North Korean authorities have recently diagnosed university students at a school in Gangwon Province displaying symptoms similar to COVID-19, such as high fevers and...
Around 2,000 Storm Corps troops deployed to Hyesan to enforce lockdown
Daily NK has learned that an additional 2,000 troops of the so-called Storm Corps have been deployed to the city of Hyesan, Yanggang Province,...
Sources: N. Korea is hiding the real number of suspected COVID-19...
Despite North Korea's claims to have no COVID-19 patients, Daily NK has learned that the number of people suffering from COVID-19 symptoms in isolation...
N. Korea increases number of checkpoints nationwide ahead of Party Foundation...
North Korean authorities have increased the number of checkpoints and inspectors at internal boundaries nationwide to strengthen COVID-19 quarantine efforts ahead of Party Foundation...
North Korea to start the school year on October 15
North Korean authorities recently directed education departments throughout the country to start the school year on Oct. 15, Daily NK has learned.
According to a...
Lecture for Pyongyang airport workers claims Seoul has been “locked down”
A lecture for employees of the Pyongyang International Airport Management Operations Bureau held on Saturday claimed that Seoul has been "completely locked down" due...
N. Korea sets up “strict security zones” on Sino-North Korean border
North Korea’s Ministry of Social Security recently ordered that locals living in the Sino-North Korean border region refrain from “engaging in actions that disrupt”...
Suspected outbreak of COVID-19 among Youth Day event participants in Hamhung
North Korean authorities have swiftly moved to implement quarantines and other measures after a suspected outbreak of COVID-19 occurred among a group of students...
