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Biden, South Korean leader to consult on how to check NKorea

President Joe Biden is devoting his Saturday to cementing ties with South Korea, but the effort could complicated by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

The Independent UK

Analysis: New approach, same problem: How to deal with Kim Jong Un

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump's relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un featured the former reality-star president at his most theatric: threats of "fire and fury," followed by splashy meetings, a trip to the demilitarized border with South Korea and exchanges of "love letters" with the authoritarian ruler.

Los Angeles Times

North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt water

While ibuprofen is helpful in bringing down a high temperature and easing headaches and sore throats, it will not stop the virus from taking hold

Evening Standard

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North Korea’s Dr. Fauci? Health Official Emerges as Face of COVID Campaign

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Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea's Dr Fauci? Health official emerges as face of COVID campaign

At 9:30 a.m. every day this week, a soft-spoken official has appeared on North Korean television to report the number of people with fever and new deaths, and to explain measures to stop North Korea's first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak.

Reuters

North Korea shuns outside help as COVID catastrophe looms

Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF.

Al Jazeera

US, S Korean leaders meet in face of N Korea nuclear threat

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol this week as the allies face a growing threat from North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program

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Biden has little to entice Kim Jong Un to stop weapons tests

The last time a U.S. president visited Seoul in 2019, Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un agreed to restart nuclear talks during an impromptu meeting at the heavily fortified demilitarized zone.

Tribune News Service

Unvaccinated and unprepared, North Korea faces Covid catastrophe

Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country

Financial Times

First stop Samsung: Biden touts S.Korean role in securing global supply chains

Joe Biden's first stop on his inaugural trip to Asia as U.S. president on Friday was a massive Samsung Electronics semiconductor plant, underscoring a message of economic security with an eye on China and the war in Ukraine.

Reuters

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is facing a COVID-19 crisis and a tough new adversary in the south

North Korea had long proclaimed to be COVID-free. But since a 20,000-strong crowd gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Korean People's Revolution Army, a mysterious "fever" has been spreading. And it's just the start of Kim Jong Un's troubles.

ABC News

Here's what we know about North Korea's COVID outbreak — and its ability to handle it

North Korea says it's experiencing its first COVID outbreak. Experts are skeptical, but they are also wondering if this means the country will accept outside help or if it can handle it alone.

WEKU

Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools

North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people

The Independent UK

North Korea weapons threat casts shadow on Biden visit

Any major North Korea weapons test over the next five days could overshadow U.S. President Joe Biden's broader trip focus on bolstering Asian allies against China, analysts say.

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The Independent UK

North Korea's suspected COVID-19 caseload nears 2 million

North Korea has reported 262,270 more suspected COVID-19 infections as its pandemic caseload nears 2 million

France 24

North Korea reports uptick in suspected Covid-19 cases

North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in their early handling of the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

Al Jazeera

Kim rounds on ‘slack’ officials as COVID outbreak rages

Impoverished N Korea has reported more than 1.7 million cases of ‘fever’ amid rising concern over the outbreak’s effect.

Reuters

U.S. warns North Korea could greet Biden with nuclear, missile tests

U.S intelligence shows there could be a North Korean nuclear test, or a long-range missile test, or both, before, during or after President Joe Biden's trip to South Korea and Japan starting this week, the U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan, said on Wednesday.

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Reuters

N.Korean leader Kim slams officials' 'immaturity' in response to COVID outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un slammed his country's response to its first confirmed COVID-19 outbreak as immature, accusing government officials of inadequacies and inertia as fever cases swept the country, state media reported on Wednesday.

Benzinga

'Mother Like' Kim Jong-Un Personally Tastes Baby Formula To Ensure Quality: North Korea Mocks US Shortages

Taking a dig at the U.S. formula shortages, a bizarre news article from North Korean state media randomly claimed that Kim Jong Un personally oversaw the perfection of the nation's baby formula recipe.

The Independent UK

N. Korea's Kim faces 'huge dilemma' on aid as virus surges

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made “self-reliance” his governing lynchpin during his decade in power and shunned international help for his people

ABC News

What's going on with North Korea's COVID-19 crisis? What is Kim Jong Un's regime saying about it? Are they telling the truth?

Until last week, North Korea had claimed to have come through the coronavirus pandemic unscathed. Now it has admitted to recording more than 1.48 million cases in less than a week. Here are five quick questions to help you understand North Korea's COVID crisis.

The Independent UK

N. Korea reports another surge in fevers amid COVID crisis

North Korea reported another large jump in illnesses believed to be COVID-19 as an outbreak spreads through its unvaccinated population

The Independent UK

North Korea boasts of its own baby formula as US continues to face severe shortage

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has blamed the shortage on Abbott Nutrition

Reuters

Lacking vaccines, N.Korea battles COVID with antibiotics, home remedies

Standing tall in bright red hazmat suits, five North Korean health workers stride towards an ambulance to do battle with a COVID-19 outbreak that - in the presumed absence of vaccines - the country is using antibiotics and home remedies to treat.

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