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S Korea agency says N Korea executed people, shut Pyongyang

by Hyung-Jin Kim
| November 26, 2020 11:27 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed, banned fishing at sea and locked down capital Pyongyang as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers Friday.

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