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Pathology politics: Human rights and health in North Korea

WebSandra Fahy October 4, 2016. In North Korea, the right to health is directly linked to politics. This is well illustrated in the rights of migrants and prisoners, where the connection …

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North Korea ranks third-to-last in new global health security index

WebNorth Korea’s ability to withstand a major infectious disease outbreak ranks among the worst in the world, according to a new global public health study made public …

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Ask a North Korean: How do North Koreans care for their

WebAbout the Author. Alek Sigley is a PhD student at Stanford University's Modern Thought and Literature program, where he is writing a dissertation on North Korea. From 2018-2019 …

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WHO plans to send oxygen treatment units to North Korea to …

WebIfang Bremer May 19, 2023. The World Health Organization (WHO) plans to send hundreds of oxygen treatment units to North Korea, a sign that suggests severe COVID-19 cases …

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Why North Korea's healthcare sector is better equipped than many

WebAndrei Lankov is a Director at NK News and writes exclusively for the site as one of the world's leading authorities on North Korea. A graduate of Leningrad State University, he …

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North Korea eliminates rubella virus through vaccination …

WebNorth Korea has eliminated the rubella virus, which can cause serious birth defects, after carrying out a wide-ranging childhood immunization campaign, the World …

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North Korean hackers stole 830K people’s data in attack on Seoul

WebNorth Korean hackers accessed the personal medical records of hundreds of thousands of patients at a major hospital in Seoul, police announced Wednesday, in one …

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Why Kim Jong Un's health is a very big deal NK News

WebAidan Foster-Carter is Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University in England. Educated at Eton and Oxford, he taught sociology at the …

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North Korean health official set to make first appearance on WHO

WebThe new North Korean member of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) executive board is set to make his first appearance at a meeting on Monday, following …

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Does North Korea have welfare

WebGianluca Spezza January 27, 2014. NK News. Lost amid headlines about regional tensions, economic restructuring attempts and internal power struggles are the needs of the most …

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Ask a North Korean: what is the healthcare system in the DPRK …

WebTae-il Shim February 21, 2020. Morsky Studio. Greetings, one and all, and welcome back to Ask a North Korean: the NK News feature where readers can ask our defector writers …

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Seoul voices ‘deep regret’ over North Korea’s election

WebIfang Bremer May 30, 2023. South Korea has expressed “deep regret” over North Korea’s election to serve on the executive board of the World Health Organization (WHO), citing …

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Kim Jong Un's body 'withered’ as he ‘suffered’ for the people, …

WebColin Zwirko February 1, 2022. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s body “completely withered away” as he “suffered” for the people during a busy year solving the nation’s …

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Pyongyang claims to invent cure for MERS NK News

WebNorth Korea claimed to have developed a cure for MERS and other viral infections, the Korean Central News Agency reported Friday. Choi Chang Sik, the chief …

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North Korea seeks ‘close’ foreign cooperation on women’s rights, …

WebNorth Korea seeks “close” cooperation with the international community over women’s rights and health, the country’s foreign ministry said in a statement Tuesday, a …

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North Korea pushes forward medical cooperation with Gabon and …

WebNorth Korean diplomats in Gabon and Mali have met with local officials in recent weeks to push forward medical cooperation with the two African nations, the latest …

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Kim Jong Un looks thinner, and intelligence agencies are

WebNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un reappeared in state media last Saturday after not being seen in public for almost a month, and seasoned North Korea watchers …

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Kim Jong Un factory visit footage hints at possible recent medical

WebUpdated at 23:10 KST to include additional expert comments New footage of Kim Jong Un conducting his first inspection visit after weeks of speculation over his …

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