Is Covid behind 'great crisis' in North Korea?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a "great crisis", using strong language that raised the spectre of a mass outbreak in a country that would be scarcely able to handle it. The state media report on Wednesday did not specify what "crucial" lapse had prompted Kim to call the politburo meeting.

Is Covid behind 'great crisis' in North Korea?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a "great crisis", using strong language that raised the spectre of a mass outbreak in a country that would be scarcely able to handle it. The state media report on Wednesday did not specify what "crucial" lapse had prompted Kim to call the politburo meeting.