With the number of coronavirus infections soaring around the globe, North Korea claims to be doing what it always does: keeping hostile forces at bay with its steely resolve. In January, North ...

SEOUL — After saying for months that it has kept COVID-19 at bay, North Korea on Wednesday came its closest to admitting that its anti-coronavirus campaign has been less than perfect. Leader Kim ...

North Korea said there have been no confirmed COVID-19 cases in any part of the country since Aug. 10, when Kim declared victory over the virus just three months after the country acknowledged an ...

Cases of the novel coronavirus in North Korea have existed from around late March and have only been reported in three areas of the country, officials in the country have reportedly confirmed.

N Korea-pandemic report WASHINGTON, June 17 (Yonhap) -- The COVID-19 pandemic raged in North Korea for more than two years before Pyongyang officially acknowledged the spread of the virus in the ...

North Korea on Friday said all of its fever patients have recovered, marking the end of its first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, but challenges linger with economic hardships deepening and an ...

He said North Korea is expected to allow foreigners to enter the country next year if the return of its nationals does not cause any coronavirus outbreaks. In August 2022, North Korea made a ...

The North Korean government in 2023 continued to use the Covid-19 pandemic as a pretext to maintain “shoot on sight” orders on its northern border to restrict movement, maintain restrictions ...

North Korea and China have agreed to resume passenger train services between Pyongyang and Beijing as early as next month ...

SEOUL—North Korea has begun a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign in its border areas, according to South Korea’s spy agency, becoming one of the world’s final countries to embark on such a ...

NHK has learned that North Korea and China have agreed to resume the passenger train service linking their capitals for the ...