Tag: quarantine
Why was a N. Korean man executed for transporting medicine from...
In May 2021, when North Korea had a strict COVID-19 quarantine regime in place, the South Pyongan Province Emergency Anti-Epidemic Headquarters ordered the execution...
Behind N. Korea’s lockdown of Kaesong in July 2020
In July 2020, Kaesong was put on lockdown when a North Korean defector crossed the inter-Korean border amid the COVID pandemic.
According to media reports,...
North Korea’s cruel response to the spread of COVID-19
One day in August 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, a fever of unknown origin began to sweep through the dwellings...
Was Ipo Village really ground zero for N. Korea’s COVID outbreak?
In early June 2022, a man surnamed Choe, the chief of the military medical department of the Second Division of the First Corps -...
North Korea sees spike in tuberculosis cases
North Korea has seen a spike in tuberculosis cases from the autumn of last year to the present. The loosening of COVID-19 prevention measures...
N. Korea hands down an “advisory” for people to wear masks
Starting Oct. 1, North Korea began mandating that all people wear masks, Daily NK has learned.
North Korean authorities are calling it an “advisory,” but...
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...
N. Korea compels party members to contribute household medicine and food...
North Korea is compelling party members to contribute household medicine and food, ostensibly for people in quarantine. It appears, however, that people locked in...
N. Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak is presenting challenges for agricultural mobilizations
North Korea’s COVID-19 outbreak is causing difficulties in the country’s efforts to mobilize people to plant crops and only limited government support is being...
What does “complete recovery” mean in the context of N. Korea’s...
North Korea can do little to treat those infected with COVID-19 given the country’s poor public health system and the lack of diagnostic equipment,...
