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A sign is seen outside a clinic with the South Plains Public Health District, in Brownfield, Texas, on Feb. 23. [AP/YONHAP]

U.S. measles cases at highest level since disease was declared eliminated

Confirmed measles cases in the United States reached 1,288, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed on Wednesday, the highest since the childhood disease was declared eliminated from the country in 2000.

2025.7.10

Staff at the Pohang Buk District Health Center in Pohang, North Gyeongsang post a notice at the entrance with information about suspected measles symptoms on Jan. 14, 2019. [NEWS1]

KDCA urges travelers returning from countries with measles outbreaks to remain vigilant

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Wednesday urged travelers returning from countries experiencing measles outbreaks during the May holiday season to remain vigilant for three weeks.

2025.5.7

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A photo released by state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper on Sunday shows a convoy of North Korean army trucks delivering medical supplies in Pyongyang. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the deployment of the country's military to ensure a stable distribution of necessary medicines and other materials through pharmacies in response to hoarding, black market medicine sales and other illegal activities. [NEWS1]

North, confident in battle with Covid-19, mum on vaccine offer

U.S. President Joe Biden said Saturday in Seoul that North Korea has not responded to a U.S. offer of Covid-19 vaccines as Pyongyang's state media claimed the country is turning the corner in its first acknowledged outbreak.

2022.5.22

North Korea's state-run Rodong Sinmun on Thursday published this photo of soldiers distributing medical supplies, following an order by leader Kim Jong-un to deploy the military to ensure stable distribution through pharmacies. [NEWS1]

North Korea's reported Covid infections seem to plateau

North Korea reported 260,000 new cases of people with fever symptoms on Wednesday as its Covid-19 outbreak spreads.

2022.5.19

In this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency on Monday, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspects a pharmacy in Pyongyang on Sunday to check on the state of supplies and distribution of medicine. Kim berated officials at a Politburo meeting earlier in the day for delays in delivering medical supplies. [YONHAP]

Pyongyang turns to Beijing for Covid help: sources

North Korea has requested emergency medical supplies from China as it grapples with its first big wave of Covid-19 cases, according to sources in China.

2022.5.16

In this photo released by the North's state-run Korea Central Television, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wears a mask as he presides over a meeting Saturday at the headquarters of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee in Pyongyang. [YONHAP]

Omicron is sweeping through North Korea

Almost 300,000 more people came down with symptoms of Covid-19 in North Korea as the country entered the fourth day of a draconian nationwide lockdown aimed at stopping its first officially acknowledged Covid-19 outbreak, according to state media.

2022.5.15

Buses transport Cheonghae unit crewmembers from Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi after their airlift back to Korea on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Blame game goes into high gear over infections on ship

The Defense Ministry announced Thursday that it will launch a probe of what led to the Covid-19 outbreak aboard the Munmu the Great destroyer, which infected 271 crewmembers airlifted back to Korea on Tuesday.

2021.7.22

A special operations team dispatched to the Munmu the Great destroyer in the Gulf of Aden conduct pre-departure exercises and checks of the ship before sailing it back to Korea on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Military faces criticism as 270 of 301 destroyer's crewmembers test positive

Twenty-three additional crewmembers from the 34th contingent of Cheonghae unit tested positive for Covid-19 upon their return to Korea on Tuesday as the military faces criticism for failing to prevent the outbreak on the Munmu the Great destroyer.

2021.7.21

Defense Minister Suh Wook, center, bows in apology for the Covid-19 outbreak aboard the Munmu the Great destroyer at a press briefing at the Defense Ministry in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Defense minister apologizes for outbreak on destroyer

Following a Covid-19 outbreak on a Navy destroyer stationed in eastern Africa that infected an overwhelming majority of the crew, Defense Minister Suh Wook apologized for the military's failure to protect service members overseas.

2021.7.20

Troops and medical personnel who will assist the airlift of the Munmu the Great's crew back to Korea wait next to a KC-330 Cygnus multipurpose tanker airplane after their arrival in the Gulf of Aden early Monday morning, local time. Two airplanes were dispatched by the Defense Ministry and the Joint Chiefs of Staff late Sunday afternoon from Korea and are expected to return with the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae unit to Korea by Tuesday at the earliest. [NEWS1]

82% of destroyer's crew is infected with Covid

The worst fears of health experts and military officials came true over the weekend as the Covid-19 outbreak aboard the Munmu the Great destroyer spread to a total 247 crewmembers aboard, according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Monday.

2021.7.19