북, 첫 코로나 의심 보도, 개성시 완전 폐쇄<br /><br />North Korea has finally reported its first suspected case of COVID-19 within its borders.<br />It says it's waiting for test results.<br />That's according to the regime's state-run Korean Central News Agency, which reported today that someone who had crossed over to South three years ago returned to the North on July 19th and had symptoms.<br />The person, it said, was put under strict quarantine along with people who'd come in contact with them, and the city of Gaeseong was put on lockdown.<br />In response, North Korean leader Kim Jung-un convened a session of the politburo on Saturday addressing the relevant officials... and ordering emergency measures.<br />So far, North Korea has claimed not to have had a single case of COVID-19 because it shut its borders soon after the virus emerged in China.<br />
