Kim Jong Un demands Covid effort in ‘our style’ after rejecting foreign vaccines

Kim Jong Un demands Covid effort in ‘our style’ after rejecting foreign vaccines
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during a Politburo meeting in Pyongyang (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered officials to wage a tougher pandemic prevention campaign in “our style” after he turned down foreign Covid-19 vaccines offered via the UN-backed immunisation programme.

During a Politburo meeting on Thursday, Mr Kim said officials must “bear in mind that tightening epidemic prevention is the task of paramount importance which must not be loosened even a moment”, the official Korean Central News Agency reported.

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