Covid Pandemic

A cargo train crossing the DPRK-China Friendship bridge from Dandong to Sinuiju in July 2020. (NK News)

China-North Korea trains to resume after six-year halt: travel agents

The service will target Chinese workers and students in North Korea, as well as North Koreans abroad for work, study or family visits.

March 14, 2026

FILE: WHO Director-General Dr Tedros at the ACANU Press Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 11 December 2025 (WHO photo library)

WHO regrets US notification of withdrawal, rejects accusations over COVID-19 response

The world health body defended its pandemic response, saying it shared information rapidly and transparently, never recommended mandates, and remains impartial, while regretting that the United States’ withdrawal makes both the US and the world less safe.

January 25, 2026

US formally withdraws from World Health Organization

US Secretary Kennedy says the WHO ‘has lost its way. It's drifted far from its founding mission, and it's become mired in bureaucracy, in conflicts of interest, and in international power politics.’

January 24, 2026