This is an archive article published on May 21, 2022

Joe Biden says US offered Covid vaccines to North Korea but no response

North Korea has imposed a sweeping lockdown and other restrictions during its first confirmed outbreak.

US President Joe Biden (Reuters)US President Joe Biden (Reuters)
1 min readSeoulMay 21, 2022 02:05 PM IST First published on: May 21, 2022 at 02:05 PM IST

US President Joe Biden said Saturday his country had offered to provide coronavirus vaccines to North Korea, which has imposed a sweeping lockdown and other restrictions during its first confirmed outbreak, but there had been no response from Pyongyang.

He made the remarks at a joint news conference with South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk-yeol, following their first summit in Seoul.

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