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 ...

North Korea claims it has zero cases of the coronavirus. ... Russia in late February sent 1,500 coronavirus test kits to North Korea at its request, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry.

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

North Korea has triumphantly declared that it has zero cases of COVID-19, a virus that's turned into a global pandemic and put entire nations on lockdown to slow its speed. However, the problem ...

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 ...

Coronavirus continues to pummel the globe – and despite bold proclamations that it hasn't encountered a single infection, let alone death – North Korea is far from immune.

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 ...

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 ...

In May 2022, North Korea, for the first time, officially recognized a confirmed Covid-19 outbreak. In August, Kim Jong Un “ declared victory ” over the outbreak, and in September, Kim ordered ...

North Korea has received a total of US$2.38 million in international aid so far this year, all of it from Switzerland, United ...

LONDON -- North Korea is set to partially reopen its doors to tourism later this year after being closed off since January 2020 at the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a ...