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North Korea seems to be implementing a “shoot-to-kill” policy to stop COVID-19 from entering the country. That’s how officials in South Korea are explaining the execution of a government worker who crossed a maritime border into the north on Thursday. Reporter Jason Strother in Seoul talks with The World’s Marco Werman about the implications of what South Korean officials are calling a “shocking incident.”