Kim Jong-un's sister, who gave an impressive speech in front of thousands of North Koreans, said she had a fever while leading the country to defeat the coronavirus. said. She blamed rival South Korea for the outbreak and vowed "lethal" retaliation.
Kim Yo-jong, a leading official in charge of inter-Korean relations, praised his brother's leadership during the outbreak in a speech at a national conference on Wednesday, citing the country's widespread controversy over the virus. He was happy to explain the success to which he was the target. A 'amazing miracle' in global public health.
"He was seriously ill with a high fever, but he couldn't lie down for a moment thinking about the people he had to take care of until the end in the face of quarantine." 7} war,” she said in remarks broadcast on North Korean state-run
television.
"The (South Korean) puppets are pushing leaflets and dirty things into our territory. We have to fight hard," she said. "We are already considering various countermeasures, but our countermeasures must be deadly retaliation."
It showed her crying while talking about her brother's fever. The crowd applauded and cheered, and North Korea vowed to "eradicate not only the virus, but the (South Korean) government authorities." Thursday appeared to be the first time North Korean media broadcast the full video and audio of her speech, according to South Korea's Unification Ministry.
'Amazing miracle': Declaring victory over COVID-19
North Korea reported in July that people who came into contact with objects carried by balloons launched from South It was the first to suggest that the 19 outbreak had begun — a dubious claim to blame its rivals.
North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency said Thursday that Kim Jong-un declared victory over COVID-19, just three months after the country first acknowledged the outbreak and took precautionary measures. said it had ordered the relaxation of
Nearly 4.8 million "fever cases" reported in population of 26 million since North Korea acknowledged coronavirus outbreak in May, identified as COVID-19 Only a small part of it was done. Countries likely lacking test kits and other public health tools claim that the outbreak has slowed by weeks and killed just 74 people. For a country that has never been, our success in overcoming the spread of the disease in such a short time, restoring public health security, and making our country virus-free is a tribute to free zones. "Recovery is an amazing miracle to be recorded in global public health history."
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Fears of a looming COVID-19 disaster loom in North Korea as officials reject offers to spread the novel coronavirus vaccine and aid from other countries. The surge in cases has been blamed in part on a series of public celebrations in April that likely brought large numbers of unvaccinated people to spread the virus. 37}
Weeks after the last missile test
Kim's declaring victory over coronavirus means he wants to move on to other priorities. It suggests. Leif Eric Easley, a professor of international studies at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, said the country is under economic sanctions that have been hit further by border closures and conducting nuclear tests due to the pandemic.
South Korean and U.S. officials say North Korea has launched its first nuclear test in five years, amid a series of terrifying nuclear tests this year, including its first intercontinental ballistic missile launch since 2017. said it may be preparing for a nuclear test. Last missile test in early June.
Kim Yo-jong's belligerent rhetoric shows her trying to blame South Korea for the resurgence of COVID-19, trying to justify North Korea's next military provocation.
North Korea's claims about the origin of the outbreak are contradicted by outside experts. They believe the Omicron variant spread when the country briefly reopened its border with China for cargo shipments in January, and surged further after military parades and other large-scale events. there is - A major event in April in the capital, Pyongyang.
In May, Kim Jong Un banned travel between cities and counties to slow the spread of the virus.
At a virus conference, he cited the global spread of the new coronavirus subspecies and monkeypox, easing precautionary measures and encouraging countries to maintain vigilance and effective border controls. I asked.
