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Seoul: North Korea’s Kim Jong-un marked the birth anniversary of the country’s former leader on Sunday, in his first reported public appearance in over three weeks as a deadly coronavirus rages in neighbouring China.
Kim “paid high tribute” to his father Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang that holds the embalmed bodies of his father and grandfather, the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
The COVID-19 has alarmed the North, prompting it to close its borders and suspend all flights and trains to and from its giant neighbour and most important ally.
Pyongyang has said nothing about cases in the North, but it has stopped international tourism and extended the quarantine period to 30 days for those suspected of carrying the virus, including foreigners.
The appearance is Kim’s first in 22 days after he attended Lunar New Year festivities then disappeared from the public eye amid global concern over the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)
Kim “paid high tribute” to his father Kim Jong-il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang that holds the embalmed bodies of his father and grandfather, the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported.
The COVID-19 has alarmed the North, prompting it to close its borders and suspend all flights and trains to and from its giant neighbour and most important ally.
Pyongyang has said nothing about cases in the North, but it has stopped international tourism and extended the quarantine period to 30 days for those suspected of carrying the virus, including foreigners.
The appearance is Kim’s first in 22 days after he attended Lunar New Year festivities then disappeared from the public eye amid global concern over the coronavirus outbreak. (AFP)
