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]]> North Korea has rejected around three million doses of the Chinese Sinovac vaccine against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), reported news agencies quoting Unicef. The secretive regime, which has not reported a single case of Covid-19, suggested that the vaccines should be given to severely affected countries, according to the UN agency that manages the supply of Covid-19 vaccines for lower-income countries under the COVAX scheme.

North Korea was the first country to impose strict nationwide lockdown and close its borders in January last year to stop the spread of coronavirus from neighbouring China where the virus first emerged. While the isolated country has not officially reported any Covid-19 case to the World Health Organization (WHO), analysts doubt the claim.

North Korea’s public health ministry “has communicated that the 2.97 million Sinovac doses being offered to DPR Korea by Covax may be relocated to severely affected countries in view of the limited global supply of Covid-19 vaccines and recurrent surge in some countries”, AFP quoted a spokesperson for Unicef as saying.

The public health ministry will continue to communicate with the COVAX facility to receive vaccines in the coming months, agencies reported quoting Unicef spokesperson.

In July, a South Korea think tank said that Pyongyang had also rejected shipments of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine over safety concerns. Several Western countries had temporarily halted administering AstraZeneca’s vaccine after cases of blood clotting were reported in some people. But most of them resumed their vaccination campaign after the WHO and European medical agency insisted that the benefits outweigh the risk.

Institute for National Security Strategy (INSS), affiliated with South Korea’s spy agency, said in its report that Pyongyang was also not keen on Chinese vaccines due to concerns over their efficacy.

(With inputs from agencies)

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/north-korea-rejects-around-three-million-doses-of-the-chinese-sinovac-vaccine/feed 0 North Korea’s Faces Food Shortages Due To Fluctuating Exchange Rates And Commodity Prices https://theedgemedia.in/north-koreas-faces-food-shortages-due-to-fluctuating-exchange-rates-and-commodity-prices https://theedgemedia.in/north-koreas-faces-food-shortages-due-to-fluctuating-exchange-rates-and-commodity-prices#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 15:31:23 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=16283 Currency exchange rates and commodities prices seem to be drastically changing in North Korea, according to media sources and analysts, as a restart of substantial commerce with China has yet to materialize, compounding the misery for citizens experiencing food shortages. After gradually increasing in the first few months of the year, China’s shipments to North […]

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]]> Currency exchange rates and commodities prices seem to be drastically changing in North Korea, according to media sources and analysts, as a restart of substantial commerce with China has yet to materialize, compounding the misery for citizens experiencing food shortages.

After gradually increasing in the first few months of the year, China’s shipments to North Korea plummeted to $2.71 million in May, down from $28.75 million in April, dashing merchants’ expectations that more than a year of anti-coronavirus restrictions would soon be lifted.

North Korea is very isolated, making it difficult to determine the country’s status. However, rumors this week that North Korea’s greatest ally, China, intends to leave tight border restrictions in position for at least another year have put doubt on the country’s prospects.

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]]> https://theedgemedia.in/north-koreas-faces-food-shortages-due-to-fluctuating-exchange-rates-and-commodity-prices/feed 0 North Korea Leader Kim Jung-un Terms KPop As “Cancerous” https://theedgemedia.in/north-korea-leader-kim-jung-un-terms-kpop-as-cancerous https://theedgemedia.in/north-korea-leader-kim-jung-un-terms-kpop-as-cancerous#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2021 11:02:44 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=14905 According to the New York Times, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has referred to K-pop, a South Korean music form, as a “vicious disease” that is destroying the country’s youngsters. Kim Jong Un and the State media from North Korea have gathered against South Korean pop culture in the last months, including films, K-dramas, […]

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]]> According to the New York Times, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has referred to K-pop, a South Korean music form, as a “vicious disease” that is destroying the country’s youngsters. Kim Jong Un and the State media from North Korea have gathered against South Korean pop culture in the last months, including films, K-dramas, and K-pop videos.

State media in the North have warned that North Korea “would fall like a damp wall” because of increasing pop’s effect on youngsters, what it calls the “anti-socialist and non-socialist” effect.

Kim has seemed lately to have proclaimed South Korea war of culture, as the leader in North Korea feels that the popular South culture is influencing the youthful “appearances, haircuts, speeches and conduct.”

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