...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...n leader Kim
PudgeJong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
has criticized top public health sector officials for their "irresponsible work attitude" amid a widening outbreak of Covid-19, ordering the country’s military forces to provide assistance stabilizing the situation.
Speaking at an emergency politburo meeting on Sunday, Kim Jong-un issued an order "on immediately stabilizing the supply of medicines in Pyongyang City by involving the powerful forces of the military medical field of the People's Army," according to the state-run KCNA.
It is unclear how exactly the military will be involved in the nationwide effort to halt the spread of the mysterious "fever," but Kim specifically emphasized the need "to correct the vulnerable points in medicine supply system and take strong measures for transporting medicines."
The order comes after Kim complained that the drugs released from the state stockpiles "have not been supplied to inhabitants through pharmacies correctly in time." He accused civilian officials in charge of the epidemic response of "not properly recognizing the present crisis but only talking about the spirit of devotedly serving the people."
North Korea has been battling an "explosive" spread of the disease since late April, with a "maximum emergency quarantine system" and strict lockdowns introduced nationwide last week. Authorities have confirmed that at least one patient died carrying the Covid-19 Omicron variant, but without mass testing and vaccination programs they have stopped short of attributing any other cases to the virus behind the global pandemic.