Tag: quarantine
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,...
N. Korea orders factories to expand production of disease control-related supplies
Following North Korea’s announcement of its implementation of a “maximum emergency quarantine system,” factories in the country’s provinces have begun emergency production of disease...
N. Korea establishes two make-shift isolation facilities for COVID-19 patients in...
North Korean authorities have established two make-shift isolation facilities in Pyongyang for people infected with COVID-19, Daily NK has learned.
A source in Pyongyang told...
Two officials in S. Hamgyong Province banished to rural areas for...
Two officials in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, were recently punished for violating and complaining about the state’s quarantine policies, Daily NK has learned.
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