Korean People's Army (KPA) Marshal Hyon Chol Hae, General Adviser to the Ministry of National Defence of the DPRK, died of multiple organ failure at 09:00 of May 19, Juche 111 (2022) at the age of 87.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, attended the ceremony.

Pak Jong Chon, Member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and Secretary of the Party Central Committee, made a condolatory address.

According to the information of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, over 269 510 persons with fever, some 170 460 recoveries and 6 deaths were reported from 18:00 of May 15 to 18:00 of May 16 throughout the country.

On the special orders of the Party Central Committee expecting the Korean People's Army to play the role of the main force in defending the country's safety and people's lives in the present public health crisis, a powerful force of the military medical field was immediately dispatched for the supply of medicines vital to the ongoing anti-epidemic campaign.

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea convened an emergency consultative meeting again to discuss measures for epidemic prevention on May 15.

Just after ending the meeting, Comrade Kim Jong Un visited pharmacies in Pyongyang City to acquaint himself with the supply of medicines.

According to the information of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, over 392 920 new persons with fever, some 152 600 recoveries and 8 deaths were reported from 18:00 of May 14 to 18:00 of May 15 throughout the country.

Streets and units of Pyongyang City, the DPRK, have still been locked under the situation that the state epidemic prevention system was switched over to the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system to curb the spread of the epidemic. 

Emergency epidemic prevention organs at all levels in the DPRK focus efforts on blocking off and eliminating the source of spread of epidemic true to the decisions made at the 8th Political Bureau Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.

North Hwanghae Province of the DPRK has taken timely measures to implement the decisions of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee.

An obituary of winner of Kim Il Sung Order and Kim Jong Il Order Yang Hyong Sop, Former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, was issued by the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Saturday. He died of brain infarction at 22:40 on May 13, Juche 111 (2022) at the age of 96.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Prresident of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited the bier of winner of Kim Il Sung Order and Kim Jong Il Order Yang Hyong Sop, former Vice-Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, on Saturday to express deep condolences over his death.

The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) convened a consultative meeting at the office building of the Party Central Committee on May 14 to overhaul the maximum emergency epidemic prevention system under operation and take additional political and practical measures.

On May 13, over 174 440 persons had fever, at least 81 430 were fully recovered and 21 died in the country.

According to the information of the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters, over 296 180 more persons had fever, more than 252 400 were recovered and 15 died from the evening of May 13 to 18:00 of May 14 in the country.

The Uriminzokkiri Internet resource, which is one of the leading propaganda media in the DPRK, has begun using NeuroHD technology to improve the quality of video materials on an ongoing basis.

On May 12, Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), accompanied by Jo Yong Won and Pak Jong Chon, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, visited the state emergency epidemic prevention headquarters.

Since the end of April, a strange fever has spread rapidly throughout the North, in a short time more than 350,000 patients with high fever have been registered.

The 8th Political Bureau meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) was convened at the office building of the Party Central Committee on May 12.

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, was present at the meeting.

Kim Jong Un, President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sent a message of greeting to Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on May 9.