May 16, 2022 Kim Jong Un slams North Korean officials over COVID-19 response North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow delivery times for medicine, and instructed military personnel to aid in pandemic response as the coronavirus has infected 1.2 million people with fever and killed 50 in just days.
May 15, 2022 North Korea reports 15 more suspected COVID-19 deaths North Korea has confirmed 15 more coronavirus-related deaths and hundreds of thousands of additional patients with fevers amid the country's first COVID-19 outbreak.
May 13, 2022 North Korea reports 21 new deaths amid efforts to mitigate COVID-19 North Korea reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms on Saturday as the country looks to slow the spread of COVID.
May 13, 2022 North Korea reports first COVID death after country implements lockdown More than 187,000 people are currently quarantined, and North Korean state media said one of the six people who died was infected by the omicron variant.
May 13, 2022 South Korea plans to send vaccines to coronavirus-stricken North Korea South Korea’s president said Friday the country would supply North Korea with coronavirus vaccines, according to reports.
May 12, 2022 North Korea launches 3 ballistic missiles toward Sea of Japan ahead of Biden Seoul visit: South Korea North Korea on Thursday fired three ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters in a launch that "highlights the destabilizing impact of the DPRK’s illicit weapons program," the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command says.
May 12, 2022 North Korea reports first COVID-19 outbreak, imposes nationwide lockdown North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has imposed a nationwide lockdown to control his country's first acknowledged COVID-19 outbreak of the pandemic.
May 10, 2022 North Korea targets tight jeans, long hair, piercings in stronger crackdown, report finds North Korea is cracking down on skinny jeans and dyed hair to combat capitalist sympathies.
May 10, 2022 US Marine's life in the hands of Biden, Blinken in North Korea extradition fight Christopher Ahn served his country but now supporters fear that same government will send him to his death at the hands of Kim Jong Un. They are calling on Biden and Blinken to intercede and save him.
May 9, 2022 S Korea’s Moon calls for peace with North in farewell speech South Korea's Moon Jae-in calls for peace to be restored between North and South as he leaves office Tuesday.