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North Korea says the latest fever cases detected in its border region with China were tested to be influenza, not coronavirus infections as initially feared

North Korean leader had declared victory against Covid-19 on 10 August

North Korea on Thursday said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19

South Korea's new envoy on North Korean human rights called on Wednesday for diplomatic pressure to persuade Beijing against deporting defectors from North Korea.

Joint military drill scheduled to end on 1 September

While Washington and Seoul describe their exercises as defensive, North Korea portrays them as invasion rehearsals and has used them to justify its nuclear weapons and missiles development.

The exercises involve potentially tens of thousands of troops

The show of force is expected to prompt an angry response from Pyongyang and follows failure of Trump-era policy of engagement

The United States and South Korea are holding their biggest combined military training in years as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat

South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military drills in years on Monday with a resumption of field training, officials said, as the allies seek to tighten readiness over North Korea's potential weapons tests.

North Korea imported more than 1 million facial masks and 15,000 pairs of rubber gloves from China in July, shortly before declaring victory over COVID-19, Chinese trade showed on Saturday. Pyongyang last week declared victory over the coronavirus, ending a little-detailed fight against "fever" cases that had risen to 4.77…