North Korea records over 155,000 new fever cases
May 25, 2022, at 09:30 pm
Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: North Korea has registered more than 115,000 new cases of unidentified fever believed to be COVID-19 over the past 24 hours and no new death, with the overall number of cases now exceeding 3 million, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Wednesday, citing health authorities.
Total Covid incidence rate in North Korea spikes to 1.2 mln
May 16, 2022, at 03:44 pm
Seoul: North Korea on Sunday registered more than 392,000 new patients with fever and 8 more dead, totaling more than 1.2 million people sick, the state-run KCNA news agency reported on Monday.
WHO ready to support DPR Korea battle COVID-19 infections
May 14, 2022, at 12:44 am
New York:The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday that it is committed to helping the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), respond to COVID-19, after its first declared infection was reported in the media there.
North Korea registers six deaths due to COVID-19
May 13, 2022, at 02:28 pm
Pyongyang: North Korea has registered six deaths due to COVID-19 and fever symptoms were reported by more than 18,000 people nationwide the previous day, media reports said on Friday.
US offers North Korea 60 mn doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Jan 21, 2022, at 11:00 pm
Seoul/UNI/Sputnik: Washington has offered to provide North Korea with 60 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine through the United Nations tools, which Pyongyang has greeted with enthusiasm although it has not officially responded yet, South Korean lawmaker and Chairman of the Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly Kim Kyung-hyup said on Friday.
North Korea rejects Chinese COVID-19 vaccine
Sep 04, 2021, at 06:03 pm
UNICEF said on Thursday that North Korea has rejected around three million doses of a Chinese Covid-19 vaccine.
North Korea sends aid to China to help fight against coronavirus
Feb 02, 2020, at 08:52 pm
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: Pyongyang has sent aid to China to help it in battling the deadly coronavirus outbreak, while North Korean leader Kim Jong Un extended words of support in a letter to President Xi Jinping, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Saturday.
UN Disarmament Commission debates ways to prevent arms race in outer space
Apr 03, 2018, at 02:00 pm
New York, Apr 3 (JEN): Despite the deteriorating security situation, there are some signs of progress in the field of disarmament, such as the intention of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States to hold summit talks, a senior United Nations official said Monday.