>>> > > > NORTH KOREAN LEADER IS LASHING OUT AT HIS GOVERNMENTS ARE TO THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC. WELLNESS OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED A MINIMUM OF 50 DEATHS, THEY SAY MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION INDIVIDUALS ARE EXPERIENCING FEVER -LIKE SIGNS. THEY ASSERTED TO HAVE NO CASES UNTIL LAST WEEK. >> > > SCOTT SCHNEIDER SIGNS UP WITH United States NOW. An ELDERLY FELLOW FOR KOREAN STUDIES AT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS AS WELL AS AUTHOR OF THE BOOK “” SOUTH KOREA AT THE CROSSROADS””. IT IS TERRIFIC TO SATISFIED WITH US. OBVIOUSLY NORTH KOREA IS AMONG THE KEY IS COUNTRIES ON EARTH BUT IS IT EFFICIENT IN MANAGING A COVID EPISODE ON THIS RANGE? >> > > THE TRUTH THAT THEY HAVE GONE PUBLIC ABOUT THE BREAK OUT SUGGEST THAT THEY ARE NOT CAN EFFICIENT IN HANDLING IT ON THEIR OWN. ALLOWING VIRTUALLY NO TRADE INTERPOSE CHINA AS WELL AS NORTH KOREA WHICH WAS THE MAIN MECHANISM WHEREBY THEY ATTEMPTED TO CONTROL THE VIRUS PREVIOUSLY ASSERTING THAT THEY HAD NO CASES, BUT, NUMBERS FROM THE NORTH KOREAN SIDE RECOMMENDS ACTUALLY THAT THE CIRCUMSTANCE COULD BE A LOT WORSE THAN WHAT THE NORTH KOREANS ARE COVERAGES AND IT IS PRETTY CLEAR BY GOING PUBLIC WITH THE ADMISSION THAT COVID EXISTS IN NORTH KOREA THAT THEY MAY BE PREPARING FOR REQUESTING HELP FROM THE OUTSIDE.
>> > > I BELIEVE A GREAT DEAL OF PEOPLE ARE KIND OF SCRATCHING THEIR HEADS SINCE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS WE DIDN'' T LISTEN TO MUCH OUT OF NORTH KOREA WHEN IT INVOLVED THIS COVID-19 EPISODE AND NOW THEY ARE OPENLY RECOGNIZING THAT THEY ARE DEALING WITH IT. DOES NOT SURPRISE YOU? >> > > WELL, ACTUALLY, I WAS PREPARING FOR THAT NORTH KOREA MAY REQUEST ASSISTANCE EARLIER AS WELL AS I BELIEVE THEY HAVE LASTED LONGER THAN I WOULD HAVE EXPECTED. NO, THEY ARE FOLLOWING THE SAME POLICY THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE COMPLIED WITH AND ALSO SO IT STANDS TO REASON THAT AS THE CHINESE FIGHT WITH MANAGING THE OMICRON VARIANT, THAT IT WOULD BE LIKELY TO SPILL OVER INTO NORTH KOREA. AND ALSO SO, NOW WE ARE AT THIS MINUTE IN WHICH KIM JONG- UN IS WEARING A MASK IN PUBLIC FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME ON TELEVISION. OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A POSSIBLE SITUATIONS OF DOMESTIC POLITICAL AUTHENTICITY THEREFORE HE IS BERATING HIS OWN OFFICIALS FOR THEIR HANDLING OF THE CONCERN AND WE WILL CERTAINLY JUST HAVE TO SEE EXACTLY HOW BAD IT OBTAINS.
WE DON'' T HAVE A GREAT INDEPENDENT PHOTO OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN NORTH KOREA DUE TO THE TRAINING COURSES OF THE PAST TWO YEARS, MANY FOREIGN AID WORKERS HAVE LEFT THE NATION. >>> >, AS WELL AS CERTAINLY IT'' S NEIGHBOR, SOUTH KOREA, WAS A DESIGN FOR COVID-19 TESTING IN THE EARLY MONTHS OF THE PANDEMIC. COULD WE SEE THE NORTH REACH OUT TO ITS NEIGHBOR FOR ASSISTANCE MANAGING THIS? SINCE AS WE KNOW, THE INFECTIONS DOES NOT REALLY, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZE POLITICAL OR GEOGRAPHICAL BOUNDARIES.
>> > > WILL, IT ACTUALLY IS AN EARLY OPPORTUNITY FOR THE NEW SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT WHO HAS ALREADY OFFERED UNBOUNDED SUPPORT TO NORTH KOREA, BUT, THE CHANCE THAT KIM JONG-UN IS GOING TO BEGINNING BY TAKING HELP FROM SOUTH KOREA IS LOW. THE CHINESE HAVE ALSO OFFERED HELP. I BELIEVE THAT IT IS POSSIBLY EVEN MORE LIKELY THAT THE NORTH KOREANS WOULD RETURN TO BEIJING FOR.
