For most of the COVID pandemic, North Korea has taken a different approach to the rest of the world. But in January 2020, the North Korean leadership completely closed the border and terminated almost all cross-border trade. Nevertheless, by April 2020 expert analysts believed that North Korea had largely succeeded in containing the outbreak. However, establishing details of what is happening in North Korea is always extremely difficult because of secrecy and poor record keeping. Although the outside world did not believe that North Korea was entirely free of cases, the leadership managed to maintain internal control.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 01, 2022 15:14 UTC