An employee of Pyongyang Dental Hygiene Products Factory disinfects the floor of a dining room after the state increased measures to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Pyongyang, May 16. According to North Korea, its fight against the disease has been impressive. AP-Yonhap

North Korea indicated Sunday that it may ease COVID-19 curbs as the country's pandemic situation has shown signs of improvement with disease transmission coming under control.

Leader Kim Jong-un presided over a politburo meeting of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and "made a positive evaluation of the pandemic situation being controlled and improved across the country," the North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, without saying when the meeting took place.

The Political Bureau meeting "discussed the issues of continuously stabilizing and improving the overall anti-epidemic situation while further consolidating the experiences gained in the early period of the anti-epidemic work," the KCNA said.

It also "examined the issue of effectively and quickly coordinating and enforcing the anti-epidemic regulations and guidelines given the current stable anti-epidemic situation."