Suspected case of new coronavirus detected in North Korea: KCNA

A first suspected case of the new coronavirus in North Korea has been detected, prompting leader Kim Jong Un to convene an emergency meeting of the ruling party, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Sunday.North Korea had previously claimed it was free of the virus, having cut off traffic to and from China since earlier this year. The coronavirus was first detected late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan and later spread across the globe.A person who defected to South Korea three years ago is "suspected to have been infected with the vicious virus" after "illegally" ret…READ FULL ARTICLE