>>> > > > NORTH KOREAN LEADER IS LASHING OUT AT HIS FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS ARE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. HEALTH AND WELLNESS AUTHORITIES HAVE REPORTED A MINIMUM OF 50 DEATHS, THEY SAY GREATER THAN 1.2 MILLION PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING FEVER -LIKE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE NO CIRCUMSTANCES UNTIL LAST WEEK. >> > > SCOTT SCHNEIDER SIGNS UP WITH US NOW. A SENIOR OTHER FOR KOREAN RESEARCHES AT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AND ALSO WRITERS OF THE PUBLICATION “” SOUTH KOREA AT THE CROSSROADS””. IT IS TERRIFIC TO DELIGHTED WITH US. OBVIOUSLY NORTH KOREA IS ONE OF THE SECRET IS COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD BUT IS IT QUALIFIED OF DEALING WITH A COVID BREAK OUT ON THIS RANGE? >> > > THE TRUTH THAT THEY HAVE GONE PUBLIC ABOUT THE EPISODE SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE NOT CAN CAPABLE OF HANDLING IT BY THEMSELVES.
ALLOWING VIRTUALLY NO TRADE COME IN BETWEEN CHINA AND NORTH KOREA AS WELL AS THAT WAS THE PRIMARY DEVICE THROUGH WHICH THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE INFECTION FORMERLY CLAIMING THAT THEY HAD NO CASES, BUT, NUMBERS FROM THE NORTH KOREAN SIDE SUGGESTS REALLY THAT THE SITUATION COULD BE A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT THE NORTH KOREANS ARE COVERAGES AND IT IS QUITE CLEAR BY GOING PUBLIC WITH THE ADMISSION THAT COVID EXISTS IN NORTH KOREA THAT THEY MAY BE LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR REQUESTING HELP FROM THE EXTERIOR. >> > > I BELIEVE A GREAT DEAL OF INDIVIDUALS ARE KIND OF SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS SINCE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS WE DIDN'' T LISTEN TO MUCH OUT OF NORTH KOREA WHEN IT CONCERNED THIS COVID-19 BREAK OUT AND NOW THEY ARE PUBLICLY RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE FIGHTING WITH IT. DOES NOT SURPRISE YOU? >> > > WELL, ACTUALLY, I WAS PREPARING FOR THAT NORTH KOREA MIGHT REQUEST SUPPORT EARLIER AS WELL AS I ASSUME THEY HAVE LASTED MUCH LONGER THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. NO, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE VERY SAME PLAN THAT THE CHINESE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE ADHERED TO AND ALSO SO IT STANDS TO REASON THAT AS THE CHINESE FIGHT WITH DEALING WITH THE OMICRON VARIATION, THAT IT WOULD BE LIKELY TO SPILL OVER INTO NORTH KOREA.AND SO, NOW
WE ARE AT THIS MINUTE IN WHICH KIM JONG- UN IS WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON TV. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A POTENTIAL DILEMMAS OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL AUTHENTICITY AND SO HE IS BERATING HIS OWN OFFICIALS FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE CONCERN AND WE WILL JUST HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY HOW BAD IT GETS. WE DON'' T HAVE A GREAT INDEPENDENT IMAGE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NORTH KOREA BECAUSE OF THE COURSE OF THE PAST 2 YEARS, MOST INTERNATIONAL HELP EMPLOYEES HAVE LEFT THE COUNTRY. >>> >, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY IT'' S NEIGHBOR, SOUTH KOREA, WAS A MODEL FOR COVID-19 SCREENING IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. COULD WE SEE THE NORTH CONNECT TO ITS NEIGHBOR FOR HELP HANDLING THIS? DUE TO THE FACT THAT AS WE KNOW, THE VIRUS DOES NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE POLITICAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL BORDERS. >> > > WILL, IT TRULY IS AN EARLY CHANCE FOR THE NEW SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT THAT HAS ALREADY OFFERED UNBOUNDED ASSISTANCE TO NORTH KOREA, BUT, THE CHANCE THAT KIM JONG-UN IS GOING TO START BY TAKING HELP FROM SOUTH KOREA IS LOW.
THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO OFFERED HELP. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS POSSIBLY MORE PROBABLE THAT THE NORTH KOREANS WOULD GO BACK TO BEIJING FOR.
