북한, 코로나로 김정일 9주기도 '썰렁'…행사 없이 매체 선전만

Meanwhile, North Korea, like everywhere else around the world, also appears to be practicing social distancing.
The North's Korean Central News Agency today showed its leader Kim Jong-un visiting his father and former leader Kim Jong-il's mausoleum and paying tribute at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to mark the ninth anniversary of his death.
Accompanied by his sister, Kim Yo-jong, he was accompanied by some 20 of his close aides including Choe Ryong-hae, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and Ri Pyong-chol, vice chairman of the Central Comittee of the Workers' Party.
Unlike previous year, there was no massive public event amid an ongoing campaign against the coronavirus.