Workers’ Party of Korea
Firmly protecting the life and safety of the people is the utmost priority for the Workers’ Party of Korea
It is of great significance that the SOLIDNET par- 77 ties avail themselves of this opportunity to exchange ideas and lessons learned under the theme of “The activity of the Communist and Workers’ Parties under conditions of the pandemic and the capitalist crisis, for safeguarding the health and the rights of the popular strata, in the struggle to change society, for socialism” when the world is going through the serious health crisis caused by novel coronavirus infection.
The International Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) hereby extends warm comradely greetings to the Communist and Workers’ Parties around the world who are waging an uninterrupted International Department, struggle to protect the working masses’ right to existence and advance the cause of socialism amid the Central Committee Workers’ Party of Korea crisis of global pandemic. At present, the WPK is fighting against two challenges at the same time: the pandemic and natural disasters. The novel coronavirus infection that plunges the world into catastrophe poses a greater threat to the DPRK than to other countries. The infection that broke out in the country sharing a border with the DPRK spread to other Asian countries in succession and the DPRK was put under siege by the pandemic from early on. The crisis has persisted for months now in neighbouring countries and regions where the pandemic is not completely put under control, but instead, causes reinfections and resurgence, and this critical situation around us constantly threatens the DPRK by further increasing the dangerous possibility that the virus might find a way into the country. Against this backdrop, the WPK has made sure that proactive and timely anti-epidemic measures are taken to prevent the infiltration and spread of the virus within the country from the early stages of the outbreak. The borders were closed, suspected cases were quarantined, school vacations were extended, import and export goods were thoroughly examined and disinfected, mask-wearing became mandatory and other emergency anti-epidemic measures were put into place one after another. As the pandemic was proven to be more and more dangerous with the passage of time throughout the world, we have physically closed and blocked all channels and factors that might provide a pathway for the virus.
