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Won-Gi Jung
Won-Gi Jung is a reporter based in Seoul. He previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and East Asia Institute. Follow him on Twitter.
North Korea says it tested more than 9,300 people for COVID-19 and has zero confirmed cases, according to new numbers reported to the World Health Organization (WHO).
On Thursday, WHO — which periodically receives updates from the North Korean government — said that a total of 18,472 samples from 9,373 people were tested for COVID-19 as of Nov. 26. Meanwhile, none of these tests came up positive for the virus as of Dec. 3.