North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in about a month to chastise some top cadres over their management of the coronavirus, amid speculation he may be isolating himself due to the pandemic.
During a Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party meeting, Kim warned officials they may be growing complacent after a six month campaign to keep the disease out of the country, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Friday.
"The Supreme Leader made sharp criticism of inattention, onlooking and chronic attitude getting prevalent among officials,” KCNA said. "He repeatedly warned that hasty relief of anti-epidemic measures will result in unimaginable and irretrievable crisis.”