Pyongyang should grant foreign medical workers full access in North Korea and lessen control over access to information to prevent a novel coronavirus outbreak there, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in North Korea Tomas Ojea Quintana said in a press release on Wednesday

Russia has delivered to North Korea 1,500 test systems for quick laboratory diagnostics of the novel coronavirus at Pyongyang's request, to prevent the virus from spreading there, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday

The South Korean Defense Ministry on Monday denied reports that it had failed to detect a North Korean missile launch in April over technical problems with a maritime intelligence-gathering device

North Korea has not requested Russia's help in dealing with coronavirus outbreak, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov said Monday

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov discussed on Thursday the situation on the Korean Peninsula with US Deputy Special Representative for North Korea Alex Wong, the Russian Foreign Ministry said

Russian Ambassador to North Korea Alexander Matsegora has expressed the belief, in his interview with Sputnik, that Moscow and Pyongyang will establish expert cooperation on fighting the novel coronavirus, originating in China