China’s exports to North Korea reached a six-month high in March, and was over 398 times the total of the previous two months, China’s General Administration of Customs reported on April 18. China has been North Korea’s largest exporter and importer. The sharp increase in Chinese exports has caught people’s attention, with some saying it might be a sign of Pyongyang easing border restrictions that were imposed early last year due to COVID-19 while the Kim Jong Un’s regime claimed to have zero infections. On Feb. 3, the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) program announced that it would distribute close to 2 million doses of Indian-made AstraZeneca/Oxford vaccine to North Korea. On March 2, the program said 1.7 million doses would be delivered to Pyongyang by May. The COVAX allocation will mean that about 3.9 percent of North Korea’s 25.65 million population will receive two doses of the vaccine. If …