(ChurchLeaders) North Korea’s leaders continue to claim they have not had a single case of COVID-19, but other sources, such as Christian activist Tim Peters, indicate that North Korea not only has cases of the virus but also that its handling of the pandemic has been reprehensible. Reports indicate that the way the country is quarantining people with the virus is leading to deaths that could have been prevented.
“One of the more alarming pieces of information that has come our way is that the DPRK [Democratic People’s Republic of Korea] government is providing absolutely minimal or no food or medicine to those who are interred there,” said Tim Peters, who is a co-founder of the Christian NGO Helping Hands Korea.