North Korea doesn’t want its people to know about COVID-19 vaccine rollout

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North Korea doesn’t want its people to know about COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Despite heavy coverage of COVID-19’s tragic impact overseas, DPRK state media remains silent on global vaccine rollout

Chad O'Carroll | Colin Zwirko April 19, 2021

North Korea doesn’t want its people to know about COVID-19 vaccine rollout

Sogwang Weibo page, Mar. 19, 2021

Correction (May 4, 2021 at 7:23 p.m. KST): This article has been updated to correctly state that articles from North Korea's state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper have not included stories about the global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines as of April 19. A previous version of this article stated that North Korea had not mentioned the existence of COVID-19 vaccines, but one article in Aug. 2020 mentioned COVID-19 vaccine development in Russia.

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Chad O'Carroll

Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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Colin Zwirko

Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. Follow him on Twitter @ColinZwirko.

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