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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has declared victory over COVID-19 and his sister indicated that he too caught the virus, while vowing “deadly retaliation” against South Korea, which the North blames for causing the outbreak. READ

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Mr. Kim ordered the lifting of maximum anti-epidemic measures imposed in May though adding that North Korea must maintain a “steel-strong anti-epidemic barrier and intensifying the anti-epidemic work until the end of the global health crisis,” North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported on Thursday.

Mr. Kim made his declaration in a speech on Wednesday at a meeting on COVID policy with thousands of unmasked officials sitting indoors, according to footage from state broadcasters. She did not elaborate on Kim’s health but blamed propaganda leaflets from South Korea found near the border for causing the coronavirus outbreak.

“We can no longer overlook the uninterrupted influx of rubbish from South Korea,” she said, threatening to “wipe out” South Korea’s authorities.South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with the North, expressed regret about North Korea’s repeated “groundless claims” regarding the origin of its COVID outbreak and its “rude and threatening remarks”.RESTRICTIONS REMOVED

Analysts have also said the declaration of victory over COVID may clear the way for the North to conduct its first test of a nuclear weapon since 2017.

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