In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea public health is regarded as a major criterion of the image of the socialist system, through which its people personally feel the advantages of their system. In this country free medical care is an important state and social policy. The benefits...more

President Kim Il Sung (1912-1994), eternal leader of the Korean people, was a peerlessly great man who attracted the world with his ennobling affection for mankind and virtues. All his life he met over 70 000 foreigners including political and social figures. All those who met him were...more

Kathmandu. The Government of Nepal has decided to extend the lockdown till April 27 and to seal the border till April 30. After reviewing the Novel Coronavirus situation in the country, the meeting of the Council of Ministers held today at Prime Minister's official residence, Baluwatar, decided to...more

There has been no short of calls for sell-off of US Treasuries in China over the past decade, but such a decision should by no means be a political one. The foremost reason why China cannot consider selling its massive US debt is that other markets - spot,...more

Havana. In a letter addressed to the United Nation, the Community of Latin American and Caribbean states (CELAC), Organization of American States (OAS), the World and Pan American Health Organizations (WHO, PAHO), the Sao Paulo Forum and others have requested the lifting of unilateral coercive sanctions against several countries,...more

As the spread of COVID-19 pandemic becomes critical in many countries of the world, Nepal is also placed on a high-risk radar. In an address to the nation on April 7, Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli accepted that the next two weeks are crucial for Nepal as it...more

At a critical moment when global cooperation is direly needed to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic, some Australian media outlets and personnel have been fabricating facts, groundlessly accusing China of being responsible for the spread of the virus and demanding China pay for the losses the pandemic would...more

Kathmandu. The President of the Socialist Republic of Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez insisted on the importance of social distancing to contain COVID-19. Addressing the daily meeting for evaluating the epidemiological situation in the country and implementation plans to control the propagation of the new coronavirus in the country...more

"It's the economy, stupid!" Former US president Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign used the phrase to show that the well-being of the economy was the key issue people cared about. It helped cement Clinton's near-miraculous victory of George H. W. Bush. Now, I want to use a similar phrase...more

Dear compañero Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of our Party’s Central Committee; Compañero Esteban Lazo, President of the National Assembly and the Council of State; Compañeros of the Historical Generation who are with us; Deputies; People of Cuba: On the eve of another anniversary of the...more

China is holding a national day of mourning on Saturday to commemorate the 3,335 victims so far of the COVID-19 outbreak, including medical workers and police officers who sacrificed their lives during the battle against the epidemic in the country. Flags fly at half-mast across China and at...more

With the novel coronavirus spreading around the globe, a political virus with deeper influence has also begun to show up. In recent years, white nationalism and white supremacy have been on the rise, a perfect reflection of a political virus that is spreading in the US. If Washington...more

GT: The coronavirus outbreak within China has almost been brought under control. How do you evaluate China's efforts in curbing the epidemic? Kuhn: To me, one of the probative insights of why and how China has contained, and will continue to contain, the epidemic is the remarkable parallelism...more

We mark the Day of the Landless today with utmost concern as the landless rural people have been among the most vulnerable to the impacts of the COVID-19 global pandemic. With them are the small farmers with precarious land ownership or control, and those from landless peasant families...more

Kathmandu. Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' held a discussion on essential steps to be taken by the government to control the spread of Novel Coronavirus and to provide relief to poor people affected by the countrywide lockdown declared by the government. Two...more