North Korea’s Second Wave? (2) Faced with Starvation, Soldiers Stuck on Base Plead to be Quarantined with Better-Fed COVID Patients
2020.08.06
(Photo) Soldiers live in groups and are often malnourished, leaving them vulnerable to infectious diseases. Photograph taken in the suburbs of Pyongyang by Jang Jung-gil in August 2008 (ASIAPRESS)
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Continued from part 1) What is the coronavirus situation in North Korea? Reporting partners from Musan County and Hoeryong City in North Hamkyung Province, as well as from across Ryanggang Province, reported the following:
“Officials are claiming that, ‘the coronavirus is not spreading’. Even if you ask a hospital official in secret, they will reply that there are no cases in the region. Rumor has it that the recent outbreak in the southern part of the country has led to deaths, but there is no way to confirm it.”