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Kim slams North Korea's COVID response, orders army to 'stabilize' drugs supply
May 16, 2022 08:46North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un has blasted the country’s crisis management in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, ordering the deployment of the army to help distribute medicine, state media said on Monday.
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North Korea reports 15 deaths and nearly 300,000 new ‘fever’ cases
May 15, 2022 04:04North Korea says a total of 42 people have died as the country began its fourth day under a nationwide lockdown.
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Kim: COVID-19 throwing country into 'great turmoil' amid rising death toll
May 14, 2022 04:56North Korean leader Kim Jong-un says the spread of the coronavirus has plunged the country into "great turmoil," calling for an all-out battle to overcome the epidemiological crisis.
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South Korea says North preparing for seventh nuclear test
May 13, 2022 11:33The South Korean government has claimed that North Korea is about to conduct its seventh nuclear test.
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N.Korea reports first COVID-19 death after 350,000 sickened with fever
May 13, 2022 04:05At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak since the pandemic began.
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North Korea fires three ballistic missiles amid tensions with US, allies
May 12, 2022 13:05North Korea has fired at least three ballistic missiles toward the sea off its east coast as tensions are once again rising on the troubled Korean Peninsula and in the Pacific region.
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North Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak, orders lockdown in 'gravest emergency'
May 12, 2022 08:53North Korea confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the "gravest national emergency" and ordering a national lockdown, with state media reporting an Omicron variant had been detected in Pyongyang.
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China, Russia oppose further UN sanctions on North Korea over missile tests
May 12, 2022 08:50China and Russia have voiced opposition to further sanctions by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) against North Korea over its missile tests, as the United States urges the council to impose such measures on Pyongyang.
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South Korea's new hardline president calls North a threat, calls for complete denuclearization
May 10, 2022 06:47South Korea’s new hardline president has called for the complete denuclearization of North Korea, saying Pyongyang’s weapons program poses a threat to global security.
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North Korea fires 2nd missile in 3 days despite US nuke warning
May 07, 2022 11:09North Korea has reportedly fired a second ballistic missile in recent days after US efforts at the United Nations to impose further sanctions on Pyongyang and claiming it may be preparing for a nuclear test.