In North Korea, authorities have publicly executed a citizen for violating “emergency quarantine measures” to scare other citizens into strict compliance, sources said.
North Korea publicly claims it is virus-free, but it has employed strict measures to prevent the spread of the virus through the country, including locking down entire cities and counties, canceling major cultural events, and forbidding travel between provinces.
In April, Pyongyang extended to the end of the year an “emergency quarantine posture” in effect since the beginning of the pandemic. Since then, it has used several incidents where people illegally crossed borders and returned to the county to introduce even stricter measures.