North Korea COVID-19 lockdown

A glimpse at how North Korea is managing home and centralized quarantines – and the penalties for escaping.

How bad might North Korea’s first COVID-19 outbreak get, and what options does the international community have in responding?

China’s example raises serious questions about how North Korea can possibly hope to combat the virus.

Five days after test-firing a submarine-launched ballistic missile, North Korea conducted its 16th missile test this year.

COVID-19 will continue to be the fundamental factor determining North Korea’s approach to the world.

Like many nations, North Korea’s initial calculation may have been that there would be an eventual end to the pandemic.

North Korea decided not to participate in the Beijing Olympics due to “hostile forces” and the pandemic.

Dismal trade figures for 2021 attest to the toll the North’s border closures are taking on its food supply.

North Korea is stepping up health surveillance as well as tightening already severe restrictions on cross-border trade.

Since North Korea slammed its borders shut in the initial stage of the pandemic, it has made several motions toward resuming normal trade. None has panned out.

North Korea is one of the few countries in the world not to have started a COVID-19 vaccine program.