| Id |
Subject |
Object |
Predicate |
Lexical cue |
| T111 |
0-209 |
Sentence |
denotes |
North Korea, the most sealed-off country in the world, has literally shut down all borders and communications on COVID-19, denying, according to their propaganda channels, the existence of any cases or deaths. |
| T112 |
210-317 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This is unusual as it sits between China and South Korea, which have recorded the largest numbers of cases. |
| T113 |
318-565 |
Sentence |
denotes |
Researchers state it is “unlikely that North Korea is free of COVID-19.” South Korean media reported that Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, had an official executed for violating the quarantine after the official returned from a trip to China. |
| T114 |
566-645 |
Sentence |
denotes |
This may or may not be true since such reports have proved dubious in the past. |
| T115 |
646-1364 |
Sentence |
denotes |
North Korea press outlets claim that “not one novel coronavirus has emerged;” yet South Koreaʼs Unification Ministry (Seoul, South Korea), in charge of inter-Korean relations, reported to the WHO that North Korea had tested 141 suspected cases of coronavirus and all came up negative.47 Nevertheless, South Korean media, relying on anonymous sources, report cases of COVID-19 in North Korea, some of them fatal, according to John Linton, head of the International Health Care Center at Severance Hospital in Seoul: “Through private sources, they’re asking for disposable gowns, gloves, and hazmat suits, which are undoubtedly lacking,” he says. “So something is going on, otherwise they wouldn’t be asking for this.”47 |
