DPRK flight

AN Air Koryo passenger flight from Pyongyang landed at Beijing Capital Airport on Tuesday morning, according to the tracking app Flight Master, in what would be the first commercial flight from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Meanwhile, regular flights between DPRK and Russia are set to resume Friday, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mountain torrents

CHINA on Tuesday evening issued a yellow alert for mountain torrents in parts of the country.

In the following days, mountain torrents are highly likely to occur in northeastern parts of Inner Mongolia, southwestern parts of Shaanxi and southeastern parts of Gansu, according to the alert, which was issued by the Ministry of Water Resources and the China Meteorological Administration.

The two departments also issued a blue alert for mountain torrents in certain areas of the provincial-level regions of Inner Mongolia, Jilin, Sichuan, Tibet, Shaanxi and Gansu.

Rare disease drugs

MORE than 50 out of the 75 rare disease drugs approved for marketing in China have been incorporated into the catalog of medicines covered by medical insurance, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA).

To enhance the accessibility and affordability of rare disease drugs, the NHSA has added more qualifying medications to the medical insurance drug list by optimizing the admission procedure and reducing entry barriers.