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Kim Jong-un sends aid to North Korean border city in lockdown

EditorCNBC, Yahoo NewsAugust 8, 2020

Kim Jong-un ordered the distribution of aid to the border city of Kaesong - KCNA via KNS
Kim Jong-un ordered the distribution of aid to the border city of Kaesong – KCNA via KNS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the distribution of aid to the border city of Kaesong after the area was locked down last month to fight the coronavirus, state media said on Sunday.

Authorities raised the state of emergency to the maximum level for the city in July, saying they had discovered the country’s first suspected virus case.

A train carrying goods arrived in the “totally blocked” city of Kaesong on Friday, the official KCNA news agency reported.

“The Supreme Leader has made sure that emergency measures were taken for supplying food and medicines right after the city was totally blocked and this time he saw to it that lots of rice and subsidy were sent to the city,” it said.

Mr Kim had been concerned “day and night” about people in Kaesong as they continue their “campaign for checking the spread …continued .
[Source: CNBC News]

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