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reports of a mysterious fever outbreak began appearing in state media.Another said bluntly: They told me its a cold.

the countrys isolated and underfunded healthcare system struggles to meet the needs of its people.the paper is based on 100 in-person interviews conducted discreetly inside North Korea between September and December 2023.But only 41% of respondents ever received any information about those reports.

More than half said they explicitly disbelieved the regimes Covid-related announcements.Civilian respondents described group vaccinations administered at schools or workplaces – months after the rest of the world had rolled out full vaccination programs.

one in five respondents reported seeing or hearing of deaths due to misuse of medication or fake pharmaceuticals.

Most said 2020 and 2021 – not 2022 – were when outbreaks were at their worst.Although largely forgotten today.

Maps showing the full reach of the Indian Empire were only published in top secrecy.it would clearly have been inappropriate to hand over responsibility for dealing with the Gulf Arabs to Indians or Pakistanis.

and it gave him immense pleasure that the tables had turned and they now came to the Gulf as servants.Gulf scholar Paul Rich recorded an elderly Qatari gentleman who still got angry when he related to me the beating he received when as a young boy of seven or eight he stole an orange.