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North Korea's weapons programme defies COVID outbreak, reaches 'uncharted territory'

Published on: Monday 26 December 2022

North Korea's weapons programme defies COVID outbreak, reaches 'uncharted territory' By Josh Smith SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea forged ahead with its missile programme in 2022 and took steps toward resuming testing of nuclear bombs, as world events including the COVID pandemic and war fractured the already tenuous international pressure against it. The country acknowledged its first COVID-19 outbreak in May, prolonging already stringent border closures and other anti-pandemic


News source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-koreas-weapons-programme-defies-covid-outbreak-reaches-uncharted-territory/ar-AA15HDoR

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