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North Korea Blames South for Covid Outbreak – Washington Post

Relations between the two Koreas are likely to deteriorate as the South’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is expected to take a less conciliatory approach


North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a convocation of the Expansion of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a convocation of the Expansion of the Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea in this photo released by the country's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) June 23, 2022. FILE PHOTO: KCNA via REUTERS

 

North Korea claims “alien things” were the source of its recent coronavirus outbreak that affected nearly 20% of its estimated 25 million people, in a veiled reference to rival South Korea, The Washington Post reported.

State media appeared to imply that human rights propaganda leaflets dropped in from the South, as well as flash drives and cash sent across the border could carry the virus, the story said. Relations are likely to deteriorate further as the South’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, is expected to take a less conciliatory approach to Pyongyang than his predecessor, according to the report.

 

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George Russell

George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.