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Against the background of a protracted and arduous war on the coronavirus pandemic, the experience of countries that were able either to keep the virus out or to handle the problem with relatively few cases and deaths draws attention In this context, both the DPRK and RoK are interesting examples, whose experiences, including comparative ones, are worth a more careful look In both countries, the control of coronavirus has proven to be a political issue, and therefore these states have invested as much as possible in solving the problem, using all means of control according to the available technological level While the policies of both Korean states may entail certain economic problems, Pyongyang and Seoul chose not so much between national health and economic crisis as between a crisis under state control and a crisis that could arise from loss of control over the epidemic At the same time, South Korea had to deal with the domestic political situation and the North had to deal with a certain lack of hospital care in the country
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