Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. On Sunday, North Korea reported 89,500 more patients with fever symptoms, taking the country’s total to 3.4 million. ADVERTISEMENTMany outside experts say North Korea is clearly understating its fatality rate to prevent any political damage to Kim at home. Others suspect North Korea might have exaggerated its earlier fever cases to try to strengthen its internal control of its population. Some observers say North Korea will likely soon declare victory over COVID-19 and credit it to Kim’s leadership.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 29, 2022 15:38 UTC