Published 2 years ago

North Korea suggests balloons, 'alien things' from South Korea brought COVID-19

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North Korea suggests COVID-19 outbreak began in people who had contact with balloons. Activists for years have flown balloons across the border to distribute propaganda leaflets. North Korea has often expressed fury at the activists and at South Korea. South Korea's Unification Ministry said there was no chance South Korean balloons might have spread the virus to North Korea.

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Times of India

North Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought Covid-19

Rest of World News: Activists for years have flown balloons across the border to distribute hundreds of thousands of propaganda leaflets critical of North Korean leader K

2 years ago·India

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BBC News

North Korea claims Covid arrived on 'alien things' near border

It has recorded 4.7 million suspected cases since April, after two years of claiming to be Covid-free.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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News18 India

Alien Things From South Korea Spread Covid, Alleges North Korea

North Korea claimed on Friday that the country's first COVID-19 outbreak began with patients touching "alien things" near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbour for the wave of infections in the isolated country.

2 years ago·India

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The Guardian

North Korea blames Covid-laden balloons sent from South for virus outbreak

Experts sceptical of claim, as state media urge citizens to watch out for ‘alien things coming by wind’North Korea has blamed its Covid-19 outbreak on balloons sent over its border with the South by groups of defectors, in an apparent attempt to shift the blame onto its neighbour.After two years of insisting that it had not recorded a single case of the virus, the North admitted its first infections on 12 May, sparking fears of a public health d…

2 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Hindu

North Korea suggests balloons flown from South brought COVID-19

South Korea’s Unification Ministry said there was no chance South Korean balloons might have spread the virus to North Korea.

2 years ago·India

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CTV News

North Korea blames 'alien things' near border with South Korea for COVID outbreak

North Korea claimed on Friday the country's first COVID outbreak began with patients touching 'alien things' near the border with South Korea, apparently shifting blame to the neighbour for the wave of infections that hit the isolated country.

2 years ago·Canada

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