Pyongyang lockdown appears to continue for second day: Sources

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Pyongyang lockdown appears to continue for second day: Sources

Calls to multiple North Korean businesses go answered day after ‘national problem’ forced people indoors

Chad O'Carroll May 11, 2022

Pyongyang lockdown appears to continue for second day: Sources

A North Korean man stuck inside a bus in Pyongyang, Oct. 2016 | Image: NK News (file)

Update at 11 a.m. May 12 KST: North Korean state media confirmed a COVID-19 outbreak in Pyongyang.

Lockdown orders appear to be in effect for residents of Pyongyang, informed sources told NK News, a day after North Korean authorities ordered everyone in the capital to return home.

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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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