"Grave incident" has happened in North Korea due to a lapse in anti-COVID measures says North Korean state media. (Yonhap)
Kim Jong-un said via state media that a "grave incident" had happened that could threaten the safety of his people and country. Kim accused senior officials of neglecting their duties in carrying out measures important to thwarting the spread of COVID-19.
Neither KCNA or Kim Jong-un himself elaborated on what the "grave incident" was.
North Korea has maintained for months now that it was COVID-19 free. Obviously something substantial has occurred for Kim Jong-un to talk in such a bleak way like this.
It's not known exactly what Kim Jong-un is referring to, and we may never know, but I have a sneaking suspicion there's some sort of widespread COVID-19 outbreak in North Korea currently. On top of horrific food shortages, times are testy for the regime.
Per @chadocl, North Korea held a politiburo meeting on June 29th to deal with the "negligence" amongst the senior officials. KCNA says there was a "major event" that caused a "great crisis" and there were serious consequences caused by it.
For a country in the midst of a "grave" COVID-19 related incident, there's a definite lack of masking and social distancing here amongst officials.
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