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North Korea's cryptic crisis

11 July 2021

1:30 AM

11 July 2021

1:30 AM

For years, the West has tried to cajole the North Korean regime using sanctions, much to the frustration of Kim Jong-un. But now in the era of Covid, Pyongyang has been forced to inflict greater economic harm on itself, entrenching its international isolation and the suffering of its people.

The hermit kingdom was one of the first countries to close itself off.

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