North Korea seems to be ordering foreign diplomats to leave the country [View all]

[Mike 03]

A week ago NK quarantined 380 foreigners, most of whom were diplomats, calling it an attempt to stop the coronavirus from breaking out. (Not everyone believes that was the reason they were quarantined).

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-51609360

North Korea has maintained it has zero cases of COVID-19 but experts are skeptical:

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/20/807027901/north-korea-claims-zero-cases-of-coronavirus-infection-but-experts-are-skeptical

Yesterday, Kim Jong Un warned of 'serious consequences' if coronavirus hits North Korea

https://thehill.com/policy/international/485281-kim-jong-un-warns-of-serious-consequences-if-coronavirus-hits-north

There was a story last week that a person suspected of having COVID-19 in North Korea had been executed.

On Feb. 13, the New York Post reported a suspected one case of Coronavirus located in the military country of North Korea. A North Korean official -- that was not identified -- came from the COVID-19 outbreak center China and went back to the country wherein he was quarantined before officially returning to North Korea.

Reports said that the official insisted on going to a public bathroom even while he was under quarantine. After this, the quarantined official was reportedly shot dead after risking the spread of the viral disease in the country.

Under the new rule of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, he vowed that anyone will leave the Coronavirus quarantine process without any permission from any officials would be "ruled by military law"-- this means they will be executed on the spot once they got caught.

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/247610/20200226/north-korean-man-shot-dead-after-being-suspected-with-coronavirus.htm

An hour or two ago CNN's Will Ripley tweeted this:

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