Japan's foreign minister hints readiness to aid North Korea over COVID

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi suggested Sunday that the government may need to consider assisting North Korea as it apparently struggles with the outbreak of the coronavirus."We have no diplomatic relations with that country, but it does not mean that we should leave it alone," Hayashi said during a lecture in the city of Niigata.North Korea earlier this month confirmed its first COVID-19 case since the pandemic started more than two years ago.On Sunday, the country of 25 million reported around 186,000 new fever cases, bringing the total number since late April to over 2.64 m…READ FULL ARTICLE