North Korea issues shoot-to-kill orders to prevent virus, says US | Malay Mail

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WASHINGTON, Sept 11 — North Korean authorities have issued shoot-to-kill orders to prevent the coronavirus entering the country from China, according to the commander of US forces in the South. The impoverished North — whose crumbling health system would struggle to cope with a major virus...

US Army General Robert Abrams during his nomination hearing to be commander of all US forces in Korea in Washington September 25, 2018. — AFP pic

Pyongyang closed its border with China in January to try to prevent contamination, and in July state media said it had raised its state of emergency to the maximum level. “They've got North Korean SOF out there. ... Strike forces, they've got shoot-to-kill orders in place.” As a result, Abrams did not expect to see any major provocations from Pyongyang in the near future, although he said it might show off a new weapons system at next month's celebrations of the 75th anniversary of the founding of Kim Jong Un's ruling party.

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