About the Author
Chad O'Carroll
Chad O'Carroll has written on North Korea since 2010 and writes between London and Seoul.
North Korea’s yearslong border restrictions to keep COVID-19 at bay appear to have finally failed, as state media reported Thursday that the highly transmissible Omicron variant of COVID-19 had reached Pyongyang.
After refusing multiple offers of support from outside countries and organizations since the pandemic began, analysts are divided on whether the DPRK will change its mind even as it battles an outbreak within its borders.