{"id":1486965,"date":"2022-05-21T17:00:10","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486965"},"modified":"2022-05-21T17:00:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T21:00:16","slug":"biden-says-u-s-offered-north-korea-covid-19-vaccines-but-they-havent-responded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-u-s-offered-north-korea-covid-19-vaccines-but-they-havent-responded\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says U.S. Offered North Korea COVID-19 Vaccines, But They Haven\u2019t Responded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-says-u-s-offered-north-korea-covid-19-vaccines-but-they-havent-responded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1486965&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/Untitled-design-42-1.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday, President Joe Biden confirmed reports that the United States has offered North Korea COVID-19 aid, but added that the hermit kingdom had not responded to U.S. efforts on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg reporter Jennifer Jacobs tweeted on Satuday that Biden told members of the press in South Korea that America had offered COVID-19 vaccines to both North Korea and China, and remains ready to do so until the U.S. receives a response. Biden is in South Korea for the Republic of Korea-U.S. Summit to discuss America and South Korea\u2019s alliance and strategic partnership.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is yes, we\u2019ve offered vaccines, not only to North Korea, but China as well. We are prepared to do that immediately,\u201d Biden told one reporter who asked if the U.S. would assist North Korea. \u201cWe have gotten no response.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked if he would provide vaccines to North Korea, Biden in Seoul: \u201cThe answer is yes, we\u2019ve offered vaccines, not only to North Korea, but China as well. We are prepared to do that immediately. We have gotten no response.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTUfCQxige\">pic.twitter.com\/qTUfCQxige<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/1527920689608630272?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier on Saturday, Jacobs had reported that Biden administration officials had told her that the U.S. was willing to assist North Korea as it struggles with more than two million COVID-19 cases \u201cdespite nuclear threats\u201d from the nation\u2019s leader, Kim Jong Un.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is our hope that they will make decisions that will allow for the maximum amount of support in this time of great need\u2026and great crisis,\u201d Jacobs\u2019 source said.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>US \u201clooking for ways in which we and others in the international community can work together to provide assistance as needed\u201d for North Korea\u2019s coronavirus outbreak, but international community united in opposition to \u201cdestabilizing and threatening behavior,\u201d Biden official says.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US \u201clooking for ways in which we and others in the international community can work together to provide assistance as needed\u201d for North Korea\u2019s coronavirus outbreak, but international community united in opposition to \u201cdestabilizing and threatening behavior,\u201d Biden official says.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JenniferJJacobs\/status\/1527816211093786624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/two-from-secret-service-sent-home-after-incident-in-south-korea-just-as-biden-arrives\">reported<\/a> on \u201cFriday that the president landed in Pyeongtaek for his first presidential visit to Asia, beginning a five-day tour aimed at bolstering the White House\u2019s economic commitment to the region. Biden\u2019s first remarks in South Korea called for final passage of a bill \u00a0meant to boost U.S. competitiveness against China that House and Senate negotiators are currently negotiating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s first speech on Friday got off to a slightly rocky start as he called South Korea\u2019s President Yoon Seok-Yeol by the wrong name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Moon\u2026Yoon, thank you for everything you\u2019ve done so far,\u201d Biden told his South Korean counterpart. Moon Jae-in was Yoon\u2019s immediate predecessor.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden just called President Yoon of South Korea President Moon. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Y5RIq36WEs\">pic.twitter.com\/Y5RIq36WEs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Maze (@mazemoore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mazemoore\/status\/1527606537363021824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-t=\"{\" n>The Daily Wire also reported that the three-day visit to South Korea also comes as North Korea has grown increasingly belligerent, testing missiles and reportedly refusing to talk with the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/two-from-secret-service-sent-home-after-incident-in-south-korea-just-as-biden-arrives\">Two From Secret Service Sent Home After Incident In South Korea Just As Biden Arrives<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, President Joe Biden confirmed reports that the United States has offered North Korea COVID-19 aid, but added that the hermit kingdom had not responded to U.S. efforts on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1486971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1486965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1486965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1486965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1486971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1486965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1486965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1486965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}