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Reuters
Reuters
Health
By Soo-hyang Choi

North Korea to convene parliament, anti-epidemic meeting amid zero COVID claim

FILE PHOTO: North Korea's capital Pyongyang is seen in this April 30, 2004 picture. REUTERS/Lee Jae-Won LJW/FA/File Photo

North Korea will convene two key meetings, including one to review the country's anti-epidemic policy, in coming weeks, state media said on Monday, as it claims no new COVID-19 cases since late July.

The North Korean Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the isolated state's rubber-stamp parliament, will meet on Sept. 7 to discuss law on rural development and organizational matters, according to the official KCNA.

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