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Today (17th), an article was published in North Korea's Rodong Sinmun saying 'Wakjin', or vaccination, should be inoculated.

In the meantime, North Korea has rejected even free vaccines from the international community, but did that change as the situation worsened?



Reporter Kim A-young pointed it out.



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This is a common sense corner on the prevention of COVID-19 that was published in the Rodong Sinmun today.



I was citing the contents of a Chinese portal site, and an article stood out that said 'waxin', or vaccination, should be inoculated.



It's not the first time the state media has mentioned vaccines, but the results are completely different from before.



This is because, in the meantime, there has been virtually no vaccine use, such as that it is not enough to overcome COVID-19 with a vaccine, and that a vaccine is not a universal solution.



[Chosun Central TV (Reported in November of last year): A new mutant virus (virus) that can incapacitate Waxin (vaccine) was discovered in South Africa…

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In fact, even though the international vaccine organization, COVAX, had allocated the vaccine, North Korea did not express its intention to accept it, so the quantity was sometimes canceled.



For this reason, it is unusual for the state media to publish the vaccination claim itself.



There are analyzes that the government's keynote and direction are different while the number of corona-related reports is greatly increased, but the possibility of a change in the North Korean authorities' attitude toward vaccines is also noteworthy.



Free Asia Broadcasting, a media against North Korea, also reported that Chinese-made vaccines had begun for border guards in Sinuiju and other places.



Chosun Central TV, which has been operating the Corona 19 special warning system for the second day, is focusing on relieving residents' anxiety.



[North Korean residents: I took the medicine as prescribed, so the aftereffects went away after two days.]



Yesterday, there was a report that General Secretary Kim Jong-un pointed out the hygiene problem at the pharmacy, and today a pharmacy salesman wearing a face covering was caught. .



(Video editing: Cho Moo-hwan)



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