href=”http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2020/07/27/2020072701670.html”>Chosun Ilbo – a defector does seem to have returned recently to the North, to escape investigation of sexual assault in the Seoul suburb of Gimpo where he lived. But to cross over the border he would have needed to undertake an arduous swim of several hours, which would seem to rule out any Covid-19 infection.
Most likely, the pretense that the North is coronavirus-free is becoming increasingly hard to maintain. Blaming an outbreak now on South Korea and a returning defector would be a typical Pyongyang move.
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