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Biden and South Korea president mull more military exercises

Joint statement lays out unified opposition to North Korean belligerence

The Independent UK

Biden Says 'Hello' to N.Korea's Kim Amid Tensions Over Weapons Tests

US President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for North Korea's Kim Jong Un: "Hello... period," he told reporters on the last day of his visit to South Korea on Sunday. Biden said he was…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Biden and South Korean president mull expanding joint military exercises

US president willing to meet Kim Jong-un, while Seoul says deployment of US ‘strategic assets’ was discussed

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US, South Korea look to expand military exercises to deter nuclear threat from North

Joe Biden landed in Seoul on Friday in his first visit to Asia since assuming office in 2020

The Independent UK

North Korea reports 220k new ‘fever’ cases as it continues to battle Covid

North Korea said 66 people have died since an unidentified fever began before quickly spreading in late April

Evening Standard

North Korea Reports More Fevers as Kim Claims Virus Progress

North Korea said Saturday it found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms even as leader Kim Jong Un claimed progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across an unvaccinated population of 26 million. The outbreak has caused concern about serious tragedies in the poor, isolated country with…

Asharq Al-Awsat

North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

North Korea says it has found nearly 220,000 more people with feverish symptoms even as leader Kim Jong Un claims progress in slowing a largely undiagnosed spread of COVID-19 across an unvaccinated population of 26 million

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Biden, South Korean leader to consult on how to check NKorea

President Joe Biden is devoting his Saturday to cementing ties with South Korea, but the effort could complicated by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

The Independent UK

North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt gargles as cases rocket past two million

North Korea has claimed it is achieving “good results” in its fight against its first confirmed Covid-19 outbreak, as the number of people with symptoms rose past 2 million

Daily Mirror

North Korea fighting Covid with tea and salt water

While ibuprofen is helpful in bringing down a high temperature and easing headaches and sore throats, it will not stop the virus from taking hold

Evening Standard

North Korea shuns outside help as COVID catastrophe looms

Pyongyang has not responded to offers of help and inquiries from the US, South Korea, the WHO and UNICEF.

Al Jazeera

US, S Korean leaders meet in face of N Korea nuclear threat

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol this week as the allies face a growing threat from North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile program

The Independent UK

N. Korea's low death count questioned amid COVID-19 outbreak

North Korea says that nearly 10% of its 26 million people have fallen ill and 65 people have died amid its first COVID-19 outbreak

The Independent UK

Lies, Damn Lies, and North Korea’s COVID Statistics

Why has Pyongyang suddenly fessed up to an outbreak after years of insisting the virus has been held completely at bay?

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Financial Times

Unvaccinated and unprepared, North Korea faces Covid catastrophe

Pyongyang’s gamble on extreme isolation has unravelled as Omicron sweeps the country

ABC News

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is facing a COVID-19 crisis and a tough new adversary in the south

North Korea had long proclaimed to be COVID-free. But since a 20,000-strong crowd gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Korean People's Revolution Army, a mysterious "fever" has been spreading. And it's just the start of Kim Jong Un's troubles.

Benzinga

Kim Jong-Un Preparing To Welcome Biden With Nuclear, Missile Tests, US Warns

While COVID-19 has killed 63 people and infected nearly two million people in North Korea, the country's supreme leader is preparing for a nuclear test or a long-range missile test, U.S intelligence said.

Reuters

Explainer-Why U.S. nuclear deterrence tops S.Korea’s agenda for Biden summit

At the top of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s agenda for his first summit with U.S. President Joe Biden this weekend will be strengthening American “extended deterrence” against North Korea, according to Yoon's security advisers.

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Daily Mirror

North Korea's chilling warning country is 'now ready for new nuclear weapon test'

US president Joe Biden's efforts to bolster allies against North Korean aggression appear to have failed despite the nation dealing with its first admitted Covid-19 cases

The Independent UK

Tea and infomercials: N. Korea fights COVID with few tools

North Korean propaganda describes an all-out effort to fight a suspected COVID-19 outbreak that has sickened nearly 2 million people

Reuters

North Korea weapons threat casts shadow on Biden visit

Any major North Korea weapons test over the next five days could overshadow U.S. President Joe Biden's broader trip focus on bolstering Asian allies against China, analysts say.

The Guardian - AU

North Korea promotes traditional medicines in bid to fight Covid outbreak

State media have told patients to use painkillers as well as unverified home remedies such as willow leaf tea

The Independent UK

US: N. Korea may conduct missile test as Biden visits Asia

A senior Biden administration official says U.S. intelligence shows that it’s a “genuine possibility” that North Korea will conduct another ballistic missile test or nuclear test around President Joe Biden’s visit to South Korea and Japan that begins later this week

France 24

North Korea reports uptick in suspected Covid-19 cases

North Korea on Wednesday reported 232,880 new cases of fever and another six deaths as leader Kim Jong Un accused officials of “immaturity” and “slackness” in their early handling of the COVID-19 outbreak ravaging across the unvaccinated nation.

Reuters

From storage to transport, hurdles to getting COVID vaccine to N.Koreans

As North Korea battles its first known COVID outbreak, a lack of storage, chronic power shortages and inadequately trained medical staff pose acute challenges to inoculating its 25 million people - even with outside help, analysts said.

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