North Korean factories taking "emergency" steps to increase face mask production

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North Korean factories taking “emergency” steps to increase face mask production

DPRK also using "our style" disinfectant to fight coronavirus spread, state media claims

Jeongmin Kim February 4, 2020

North Korean factories taking “emergency” steps to increase face mask production

Rodong Sinmun | Pyongyang Clothing Industry Management Bureau

Several clothing factories in North Korea are taking "emergency measures" to increase the production of face masks, ruling party organ the Rodong Sinmun reported on Wednesday.

The news comes as North Korea continues to strengthen quarantine measures against the virus, which its state media has described as a matter of "national survival."

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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