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While North Korea Denied Covid-19 Cases, the Virus Was Widespread and Barely Treated, Report Says

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By Will Ripley, CNN (CNN) — For the first time since the global outbreak of Covid-19, researchers claim to have pierced North Korea’s ironclad information blockade to reveal how some ordinary citizens endured the pandemic. While Pyongyang insisted for more than two years that not a single case had breached its hermetically sealed borders, a new report paints a far darker picture, of a deadly wave of largely untreated illness that swept the count…

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For the first time since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers claim they have managed to block the strict information blockade in North Korea to reveal the way some ordinary citizens have endured the pandemic, writes CNN.

·Romania
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Officially, North Korea has come through the Coronapandemie well, only 74 deaths have been reported. A report now raises doubts about this claim.

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Only 74 deaths have occurred in North Korea due to Corona, the regime reported in 2022. The virus was quickly defeated. A recent report now draws a different picture.

·Berlin, Germany
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A report published by the CIS states that, contrary to what Pyongyang has always said, the Covid-19 has been widely circulated in North Korea.

·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
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