The Latest Breaking News from North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the negligence and laziness of state officials worsened the country's Covid outbreak, state media reported Wednesday, as the number of known cases crossed 1.7 million. The nuclear-armed country reported its first coronavirus cases last week, and the Omicron variant-fueled outbreak has since ballooned…

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 handling the escalating COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea has sent aircraft to China to pick up medical supplies days after it confirmed its first COVID-19 outbreak, media reported on Tuesday.

North Korean military medics ramped up the distribution of medicines to fight a growing coronavirus outbreak, state media said on Tuesday, with the number of reported cases of "fever" nearing 1.5 million. Leader Kim Jong Un has ordered nationwide lockdowns to try and slow the spread of the disease through…

Pyongyang reports 295,510 cases of fever as the military mobilises ‘powerful force’ of medics to distribute drugs.

As North Korea's COVID-19 infection rate moves past the million mark with a death toll of 56, its leader Kim Jong-un has deployed the country's "powerful forces to all pharmacies in Pyongyang City and began to supply medicines."

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

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.

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