North Korea's Pandemic Isolation

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Andrew Knox is the economist carea's correspondent. When pandemic broke out, north carea responded by closing itself off from the world. The leadership was reluctant to let health workers into the country. It might have also been spooked by rum s about the safety of vacions offered through kovak. So as of yet, there are no known people vaccinated in North Korea.

North Korea’s zero-covid strategy appears to have failed. The country has officially acknowledged 162 cases; the true number is probably orders of magnitude more. The country’s health-care system is inadequate, and pre-existing conditions such as tuberculosis and malnutrition are rampant. With elections impending in Turkey, politicians have begun competing with each other to scapegoat refugees. And why girls outperform boys in the Arab world’s schools.