Posted on May 18, 2022
Kim Jong-un blames ‘immaturity’ of North Korea officials for rapid Covid spread
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has accused officials of inadequacies, inertia and “immaturity” as Covid cases continued to rise in the country.
While addressing the politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Tuesday, Mr Kim said the “immaturity in the state capacity for coping with the crisis” increased the “complexity and hardships” in fighting the pandemic, according to state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
He also said that “the non-positive attitude, slackness and non-activity of state leading officials fully disclosed the vulnerable points” of the government’s response.
While addressing the politburo meeting of the ruling Workers’ Party on Tuesday, Mr Kim said the “immaturity in the state capacity for coping with the crisis” increased the “complexity and hardships” in fighting the pandemic, according to state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
He also said that “the non-positive attitude, slackness and non-activity of state leading officials fully disclosed the vulnerable points” of the government’s response.
Kim Jong-un blames ‘immaturity’ of North Korea officials for rapid Covid spread
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At the beginning of all this COVID stuff I wondered how N Korea would fair since they are more or less Isolated from most of the world except China and they could limit them if they wanted.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."This is the second time this week that Mr Kim lambasted officials for their approach in handling the disease outbreak.
In an emergency Politburo meeting chaired on Sunday, Mr Kim had slammed the “irresponsible” approach of the cabinet and health officials and ordered the “powerful forces” of the army’s medical corps to be deployed to “immediately stabilise the supply of medicines” in the capital.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was trying to convince North Korea and Eritrea to begin Covid vaccination drives."
..."This is the second time this week that Mr Kim lambasted officials for their approach in handling the disease outbreak.
In an emergency Politburo meeting chaired on Sunday, Mr Kim had slammed the “irresponsible” approach of the cabinet and health officials and ordered the “powerful forces” of the army’s medical corps to be deployed to “immediately stabilise the supply of medicines” in the capital.
At a press briefing on Tuesday, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was trying to convince North Korea and Eritrea to begin Covid vaccination drives."
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