北, 코로나19 확산 막기 위해 정치국 회의 개최<br /><br />Meanwhile in North Korea, a party politburo meeting was held where leader Kim Jong-un stressed the need for utmost caution and alert against COVID-19.<br />This could mean that the situation is already serious there, though the regime's been claiming that there's no case of COVID-19.<br />Arirang's Choi Won-jong has more.<br />North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for "maximum alert" against COVID-19.<br />According to a report from Pyeongyang's Korean Central News Agency, the pandemic was the main agenda of a meeting Thursday of the North's ruling Workers' Party.<br />We have carefully prevented an invasion of the deadly virus and have maintained a stable situation despite the global health crisis. This is a successful achievement.<br />Appearing in state media for the first time in 25 days, Kim Jong-un warned that easing the regime's COVID-19 prevention measures could lead to serious crisis.<br />Kim emphasized the need to strengthen those measures until the COVID-19 situation stabilizes.<br />This was the second time that the North Korean politburo has dealt with COVID-19 as its main agenda the first being three months ago.<br />In South Korea, Moon Chung-in, a special adviser to the President, said in an interview on Friday... that this could mean that the COVID-19 situation in North Korea could be quite serious.<br />He stressed the need for the two Koreas to cooperate on quarantine and that action should be taken by local governments and civic groups.<br />Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.<br />
