NORTH KOREA – An official of North Korea who returned from China and went into a public bath in violation of his quarantine has been executed.
The Dong-a Ilbo news outlet in South Korea reported that the trade official was placed in isolation after he had travelled to China but was arrested and immediately shot going out in public and risking the spread of the coronavirus.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to “rule by military law” against anyone who leaves quarantine without permission.
The UK’s Mirror is reporting that an official at North Korea’s National Security Agency was exiled to work on a farm because he failed to reveal a recent trip to China.
