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In a strange occurrence, North Korea has suddenly stopped import of Covid-19 prevention and control products from China. It still isn’t out of the woods, but it decided to do the same. While this is the case, Covid-19, according to the local media has been contained within the country. Earlier North Korea was sourcing face masks, thermometers, rubber gloves, ventilators or vaccines  from China. Meanwhile the US and South Korea had offered to provide help, including vaccines, but Pyongyang has not responded. Earlier on, North Korea had imported more than 10.6 million masks, nearly 95,000 thermometers and 1,000 non-invasive ventilators from China. This was between January-April of 2022. As the country refuses to share any statistics on this with the world, the WHO has a feeling the cases of infection are much higher in the real sense of the word. It is also worth noting that the exports from China to North Korea has slumped a lot since May. Overall, China’s exports to North Kor...

In times of desperation and lockdown, a successful and simple coffee recipe by a South Korean you tube blogger has got the world swaying with joy   The Dalgona Coffee is keeping people's spirits high as they brave the coronavirus social distancing policy by staying indoors Quarantine has given rise to a different way of how live is running, how business is being conducted, how targets are being, how food is being consumed and how coffee is being made work from home. Enter the world of the Dalgona coffee . The new form of instant coffee has become a rage on social media channels and is keeping the world going. It is the new way of Working-From-Home model where using simply three ingredients, coffee lovers are making frothy coffee in its cold form.  Get yourself an iced coffee drink simply combining a mixture of instant coffee, sugar, and hot water with cold milk. Posts are going crazy online, with people trying and experimenting with designs and baristas patte...