SEOUL, Oct 13 — Thousands of North Koreans have packed into Pyongyang’s Kim Il-Sung square to pledge their support for the government — all of them wearing masks, unlike at a military parade only two days earlier. Authorities held the rally yesterday at the start of an “80-Day Campaign”,...
In a photo taken on October 12, 2020 participants wearing face masks attend a rally marking the start of an ‘80-day Campaign’ in support of the upcoming 8th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea to be held in January 2021, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. — AFP pic
Such efforts, often dubbed “battles”, feature extra-long work hours and additional duties and are commonplace in North Korea in the lead-up to major events. Pyongyang closed its borders in January to try to prevent infection by the coronavirus that first emerged in neighbouring China, and at the parade — when the North showed off its latest missiles — Kim insisted there had not been a single case in the country, thanking citizens for staying healthy.
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