they have decided not to sell apples in all the mandis of the appledominated area this time it should be allowed to go on as before and universal carton should be implemented from next year so that there is no need for weighing he said homeland by crossing the minestrewn interkorean borderthe south korean government has no immediate comments on the north korean announcementblaming an alleged return defector for bringing covid19 into the country is likely intended to shift blame for spread of the virus away from china and pyongyang and on to seoul leiferic easley a professor at ewha university in seoul saidthis may also be a tactic for ratcheting up diplomatic pressure on south korea and trying to further dissuade north koreans from defecting to the south he said