North Korea Mined Areas on Border With China to Prevent COVID-19 Infiltration, Reports Suggest

Sputnik News 15:04 GMT 03.11.2020 TOKYO (Sputnik) – The South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) said that North Korea has mined areas along the border with China to protect the country from the infiltration of COVID-19, Yonhap agency reported on Tuesday. According to the South Korean media outlet, this information was revealed during a closed-door session of the Intelligence Committee of the South Korean parliament. A member of the parliament, Ha Tae-keung, who represented the main opposition People Power Party, was said to have reported the news to the media. “The North has blocked its borders and buried landmines in…