In case you’re wondering about North Korea’s capacity to vaccinate for Covid-19, 38 North has a report from two months ago. Money quote:
The DPRK is highly capable of implementing national vaccination programs. Their measles vaccine campaign in 2007 showed how quickly and efficiently they can get the job done. Provided they had time to prepare, i.e., ensure the integrity of the cold chain and have sufficient stock of consumables, the North Koreans could, in theory, vaccinate the entire population of 25 million people in less than 10 days for single injection vaccines, and in under two months for two-shot vaccines. These projections are based on ideal conditions, and the real-world experience would likely be much different.
They have manufacturing facilities, but development facilities are not mentioned. Given the spotty performance reported for the Russian and Chinese vaccines, I suspect the West would have to supply vaccine formulas.
And that would be the right thing to do, for our own safety.
