A North Korean coronavirus outbreak might be the biggest threat Kim Jong Un has ever faced
The ruling Kim dynasty of North Korea has for decades predicated their regime on the notion that only they can protect the Korean people from the outside world, be that capitalists, the United States or other hostile forces.
Now, according to Pyongyang, a new threat has arrived -- the first publicly reported suspected case of Covid-19 within North Korea's borders.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened an emergency meeting Saturday after it was reported that a defector who fled the country three years ago had returned to the North Korean city of Kaesong, while possibly infected with coronavirus, according to state-run newswire KCNA.
Authorities in South Korea confirmed Monday that a defector had crossed the highly militarized border into North Korea. The South Korean Health Ministry said the man was not a known coronavirus patient or a close contact of one, but local police said the man was being investigated for a sex crime.
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(Source- ChannelANews Top 10 7.27) The red arrows show potential crossing points across the DMZ/ line of demarcation. The speculated route ends at Kaesong, North Korea.
The 20 year old Mr. Kim, allegedly escaped North Korea by similar means is estimated to have taken a route like this from Kimpo northward to swim across the border with North Korea. It is believed he went under the fences, detection devices and security barriers by swimming through sewage tunnels passing underwater past barbed wire barricades. It is said he is from Kaesong North Korea, coincidentally the location of the recently destroyed liaison office and also the joint North South industrial zone which has been shut down for years. It is said that on his escape southward to South Korea 3 years ago, he swam for 7 hours.
The South Korean joint chiefs are still evaluating the alleged security breach.
