Some quick coronavirus and economic updates, then on to some very puzzling comments from the National Security Bureau claiming to know Kim Jong-un is alive, which begs some questions. The Filipina deportation saga refuses to die down. Finally, massive Matsu statues and their political significance in the pro-annexation agenda.

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