What if you had a pandemic and no one got sick?.That seems to be the case currently in the rogue state of North Korea where the communist government says it has had no cases of the virus. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada..That’s make them the healthiest country on Earth as the Covid-19 virus ravages everywhere else..Tiny Saint-Pierre Miquelon, in the St. Lawrence, and Yemen, in the Middle East, come in next healthiest with one solitary case each. Of course, Yemen may be too busy dealing with their five-year civil war to actually test anyone..Of course, most people trust the regime in Pyongyang like Donald Trump trusts the World Health Organization..“It’s impossible for North Korea not to have a single case of coronavirus,” Jung H. Pak, a former CIA analyst on North Korea, told Fox News..Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said it’s obvious the North, under dictator Kim Jong Un, has had COVID-19 cases because of the lack of military activity in recent weeks.. kimKim Jong Un Courtesy Wikipedia .In late March, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported more than 100 North Korean soldiers who were stationed at the border with China died from the virus..But Pak Myong-su, a director at North Korea’s Central Emergency Anti-epidemic headquarters, told news agency AFP earlier this month: “Not one single person has been infected with the novel coronavirus in our country so far..“We have carried out pre-emptive and scientific measures such as inspections and quarantine for all personnel entering our country and thoroughly disinfecting all goods, as well as closing borders and blocking sea and air lanes.”.North Korea closed its borders to China in January when the virus started to appear there. Despite claiming they have had no cases, the country’s main newspaper has urged people to stay at least a meter away from each other..“We should not let children go outside, especially to public places or areas crowded with people,” Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling party, said in an article..South Korean media reported the party newspaper also discouraged eating and drinking in public places and touching anything in public places where people eat or drink, as well as avoiding close conversation..“The emergency epidemic prevention measures carried out by our party and the government are highly trustworthy preemptive and decisive measures that ensure the survival and safety of our people,” the propaganda outlet Uriminzokkiri said..An NK News report also suggests that up to 10,000 citizens had been placed in isolation in the country. .Ironically the country’s leadership called for tougher pandemic controls by other countries during a high-level meeting last week..The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the virus had created obstacles to the country’s effort in its economic construction, describing the pandemic as “a great disaster threatening the whole mankind, regardless of borders and continents..“North Korea has been maintaining [a] very stable anti-epidemic situation” thanks to its “strict top-class emergency anti-epidemic measures … consistency and compulsoriness in the nationwide protective measures,” the KCNA said. .Officials have insisted the North remains totally free of the virus. .One of the goals passed at the recent meeting was of “continuously intensifying the nationwide emergency anti-epidemic services and pushing ahead with the economic construction, increasing national defence capability and stabilizing the people’s livelihood this year”..Aljazeera reported photos released by North Korea’s state media showed that none of the committee members who attended the meeting, including Kim, were wearing masks nor sitting far apart from each other.. meetNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in this image released by North Korea’s KCNA on April 11, 2020 .But, rather ominously, Kim was absent for the first time ever on Wednesday at events celebrating the remote kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung..The following day, the KCNA said only that a group of senior government, party and military officials paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun for what would have been Kim Il Sung’s 108th birthday..There have been reports of Kim spending less and less time in the capital of Pyongyang..Perhaps he’s just trying to avoid becoming his country’s first coronavirus victim..As of noon Friday, there were 2.2 million cases of Covid-19 around the world with 151,000 deaths..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
What if you had a pandemic and no one got sick?.That seems to be the case currently in the rogue state of North Korea where the communist government says it has had no cases of the virus. Zero. Zip. Zilch. Nada..That’s make them the healthiest country on Earth as the Covid-19 virus ravages everywhere else..Tiny Saint-Pierre Miquelon, in the St. Lawrence, and Yemen, in the Middle East, come in next healthiest with one solitary case each. Of course, Yemen may be too busy dealing with their five-year civil war to actually test anyone..Of course, most people trust the regime in Pyongyang like Donald Trump trusts the World Health Organization..“It’s impossible for North Korea not to have a single case of coronavirus,” Jung H. Pak, a former CIA analyst on North Korea, told Fox News..Gen. Robert Abrams, commander of U.S. Forces Korea, said it’s obvious the North, under dictator Kim Jong Un, has had COVID-19 cases because of the lack of military activity in recent weeks.. kimKim Jong Un Courtesy Wikipedia .In late March, the Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun reported more than 100 North Korean soldiers who were stationed at the border with China died from the virus..But Pak Myong-su, a director at North Korea’s Central Emergency Anti-epidemic headquarters, told news agency AFP earlier this month: “Not one single person has been infected with the novel coronavirus in our country so far..“We have carried out pre-emptive and scientific measures such as inspections and quarantine for all personnel entering our country and thoroughly disinfecting all goods, as well as closing borders and blocking sea and air lanes.”.North Korea closed its borders to China in January when the virus started to appear there. Despite claiming they have had no cases, the country’s main newspaper has urged people to stay at least a meter away from each other..“We should not let children go outside, especially to public places or areas crowded with people,” Rodong Sinmun, the official newspaper of North Korea’s ruling party, said in an article..South Korean media reported the party newspaper also discouraged eating and drinking in public places and touching anything in public places where people eat or drink, as well as avoiding close conversation..“The emergency epidemic prevention measures carried out by our party and the government are highly trustworthy preemptive and decisive measures that ensure the survival and safety of our people,” the propaganda outlet Uriminzokkiri said..An NK News report also suggests that up to 10,000 citizens had been placed in isolation in the country. .Ironically the country’s leadership called for tougher pandemic controls by other countries during a high-level meeting last week..The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the virus had created obstacles to the country’s effort in its economic construction, describing the pandemic as “a great disaster threatening the whole mankind, regardless of borders and continents..“North Korea has been maintaining [a] very stable anti-epidemic situation” thanks to its “strict top-class emergency anti-epidemic measures … consistency and compulsoriness in the nationwide protective measures,” the KCNA said. .Officials have insisted the North remains totally free of the virus. .One of the goals passed at the recent meeting was of “continuously intensifying the nationwide emergency anti-epidemic services and pushing ahead with the economic construction, increasing national defence capability and stabilizing the people’s livelihood this year”..Aljazeera reported photos released by North Korea’s state media showed that none of the committee members who attended the meeting, including Kim, were wearing masks nor sitting far apart from each other.. meetNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea in this image released by North Korea’s KCNA on April 11, 2020 .But, rather ominously, Kim was absent for the first time ever on Wednesday at events celebrating the remote kingdom’s founder Kim Il Sung..The following day, the KCNA said only that a group of senior government, party and military officials paid tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun for what would have been Kim Il Sung’s 108th birthday..There have been reports of Kim spending less and less time in the capital of Pyongyang..Perhaps he’s just trying to avoid becoming his country’s first coronavirus victim..As of noon Friday, there were 2.2 million cases of Covid-19 around the world with 151,000 deaths..Dave Naylor is the News Editor of the Western Standard.dnaylor@westewrnstandardonline.com.TWITTER: Twitter.com/nobby7694
