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Plan B ready in case of N Korean provocation during Biden's trip: Official

South Korea and the US have a "Plan B" ready in case North Korea carries out a provocation during American President Joe Biden's visit to Seoul this week, an official said

North Korea hails recovery as WHO worries over missing Covid data

North Korea said Wednesday more than a million people have already recovered from suspected Covid-19 just a week after disclosing an outbreak

North Korea reports another jump in Covid cases with 232,880 new infections

North Korea leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of immaturity and slackness in handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

North Korea's Kim faces huge dilemma on aid as Covid-19 cases surge

During more than a decade as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has made self-reliance his governing lynchpin, shunning international help

North Korea reports another surge in fever cases amid Covid-19 crisis

North Korea on Tuesday reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be and encouraged good health habits, as a mass outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population

N Korea reports nearly 270,000 new fever cases amid likely Covid outbreak

North Korea likely lacks testing supplies to confirm coronavirus infections in large numbers and its virus response is mostly isolating people with symptoms at shelters

There is a risk Covid 'may spread rapidly' in North Korea, says WHO

Expressing concern over the COVID-19 situation in North Korea, the World Health Organization on Monday reiterated its commitment to supporting the country's response to the pandemic

Covid outbreak surges in North Korea, Kim Jong Un slams pandemic response

State media didn't specify how many of the fever cases were confirmed as COVID-19. Among the 50 fatalities, North Korea officially identified only one as a COVID-19 case so far.

Kim orders immediate release of state reserve medicines amid Covid outbreak

On Sunday, North Korea reported eight additional deaths, raising the total number to 50, and over 392,920 people with symptoms of fever nationwide

Covid-19 pandemic: North Korea's cases at 820,000, death toll hits 42

There were about 296,000 cases of fever with 15 deaths, the Korean Central News Agency said

North Korea confirms 21 new deaths, 174,440 more show Covid symptoms

The country imposed nationwide lockdowns on Thursday after confirming its first Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic

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US backs efforts to provide Covid jabs to N Korea amid reports of new cases

North Korea has so far refused to accept millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine proposed in the COVAX global distribution programme, as it had claimed to be coronavirus-free

Kim Jong Un lookalike disrupts Australian PM Morrison's election campaign

The impersonator, who later identified himself by the stage name Howard X, started talking to gathered media

North Korea reports 18,000 Covid cases, 6 deaths amid 'explosive' spread

North Korea has so far refused to accept millions of doses of Covid-19 vaccine proposed in the Covax global distribution programme, as it had claimed to be coronavirus-free

North Korea's Kim Jong Un raises alarm after confirming first Covid-19 case

The Korean Central News Agency said Thursday tests from an unspecified number of people in the capital Pyongyang confirmed that they were infected with the Omicron variant

US spars with China, Russia over N Korea's nuclear programme sanctions

China and Russia both have veto power and say they want to see new talks and not more punishment for the North

Why is the new South Korean prez moving out of the old presidential palace?

The new South Korean president wants to prioritise relations with the US and China may not like it

South Korea's new leader offers support if North Korea denuclearises

South Korea's new president says he'll present an audacious plan to improve North Korea's economy if it denuclearises.

New South Korean President takes office, briefed on North Korea

Conservative Yoon Suk Yeol took office as South Korea's president on Tuesday, facing a tougher mix of foreign policy and domestic challenges