While President Yoon Seok-yeol announced “medical aid to the North Korean people”, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revealed the Chinese Communist Party’s quarantine method “led by the Health and Security Workers’ Party”, which led to exchanges between the two Koreas.
On the 13th, President Yoon said, "We plan to provide COVID-19 vaccines and other medicines to North Koreans," a spokesperson said.
On the 14th, Chairman Kim said, “The health crisis we are facing is also due to the incompetence and irresponsible trade rules of the party organizations in the quarantine project.” You have to learn,” the Central News Agency reported.
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhao Lijian said on the 13th, "We will strengthen cooperation with North Korea on the prevention of quarantine and provide support and assistance based on demand."
The North Korean Workers' Party decided on the transition of the national quarantine system to the maximum emergency quarantine system at the 8th Politburo meeting of the 8th Party Central Committee on the 12th, presided over by General Secretary Kim. The Central Committee Politburo Council checked the operation status of the maximum emergency quarantine system and ordered countermeasures, and information began to be disclosed.
At the Politburo Council, Chairman Kim Jong-un said, “It is good to actively learn from the advanced and rich quarantine achievements and experiences that the Chinese party and people have already achieved in the fight against the virulent epidemic,” he said. It is expected to start checking the confirmed cases by region, workplace, and apartment and controlling the movement of residents by party members.
The South Korean government and experts have pointed to China as the epicenter of the corona virus, and continued to demean the country's control over the region by the Party organization as a country that is underdeveloped in quarantine, cutting off exchanges with quarantine experts and the private sector.
The Yoon Seok-yeol government briefed the media for the first time on the 12th, saying, "President Yun Seok-yeol considers humanitarian aid to North Korea as an exception," a key official in the presidential office said.
A key official in the presidential office said, "It will be decided in detail in the process of future discussions." said.
Then, when President Yoon visited the press room of the Yongsan Oval Office on the 12th, when asked by a reporter whether he would propose working-level contact with the North, he said, “Of course,” and “Basically, it is the Ministry of Unification line… ” and revealed a policy of non-disclosure negotiations for government-led support.