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The country reported 232,880 new cases of “fever” as of Tuesday evening, bringing the total number to 1.72 million with 62 deaths.
Failing to slow the virus could have dire consequences for North Korea.
North Korea has no Covid vaccines, antiviral treatment drugs or mass-testing capacity.
The country had previously held for more than two years to the widely doubted claim that it had kept the virus out.
Experts have warned the virus could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system.
The country had never admitted to a case of the virus and had imposed a rigid coronavirus blockade of its borders since 2020.
The US State Department warned that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test “as early as next month”.
The North Korean leader made the remarks in a speech he delivered during a military parade.
The reported flight details make it the most powerful missile North Korea has tested since 2017.
The country has been ramping up tests in recent months of new missiles designed to overwhelm missile defences in the region.
South Korea said it detected the North firing two missiles into the sea in its third weapons launch this month.
The early-morning launch came as the UN Security Council met in New York to discuss last week’s test.
The launch followed a speech by Kim Jong Un last week in which he said North Korea would continue to build up its military capabilities.
Kim Jong Un called for improved living conditions in a speech on the anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party.
North Korea calls the complex “the heart” of its nuclear programme.
The state is commemorating the 75th anniversary of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party.
The official was shot dead on Tuesday by North Korean soldiers.
Pyongyang claims testing has shown the person is “suspected to be infected”.
Bolton spoke to ABC News for his first interview ahead of tomorrow’s release of his tell-all book.
North Korea’s military has recently threatened to move back into zones that were demilitarised under inter-Korean peace agreements.
Defectors have sent leaflets to the North by balloon and bottle criticising Kim Jong Un over his weapons programmes and human rights abuses.
The Korean Central News Agency reported that Kim attended the ceremony Friday in Sunchon with other senior officials.
There has been speculation over Kim’s health following his absence from a key anniversary last week.
Speculation has been rife since the leader skipped the April 15 commemoration of the 108th birthday of his grandfather.
CNN cited a US official saying that Washington was “monitoring intelligence” on the matter.
This comes as a hiatus in disarmament talks between the two nations drags on.
Kim spoke for seven hours during the ruling Workers’ Party meeting in Pyongyang.
Nuclear talks between the US and North Korea have been stalled since a February summit fell apart.
North Korea continues to pressure the Trump administration over an end-of-year deadline to salvage faltering nuclear negotiations.
This comes as Pyongyang said it had carried out a major new weapons test.
Pyongyang has carried out a number of launches at the same site where the latest test occurred.
The isolated state also called Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the “most stupid man ever known in history”.
The location and the animal are symbols associated with the Kim family’s dynastic rule.
Washington and Pyongyang are set to resume long-stalled talks in the coming days.
The US has said it is closely monitoring the situation.
North Korea blamed blamed South Korea and US military exercises.
Trump stepped into North Korean territory, becoming the first time a sitting US president has ever set foot in the former enemy country.
The US president also said he would have no problem stepping over the border into North Korea if he meets the country’s leader.
The US President is in Japan ahead of a state visit.
South Korea has said North Korea fired a number of projectiles into the sea.