Tim Sullivan

Associated Press

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N.Y. Joins Calif. in Virus Lockdown

All workers in nonessential businesses must stay home.

A couple walks past Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, known as the oldest bar in the United States dating back to the 1700s, which is closed due to an order from Louisiana's Governor John Bel Edwards to shut bars and restaurants state-wide to limit the spread of the coronavirus pandemic on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, La., Monday, March 16, 2020.

Government Issues Historic Restrictions

Shutdowns are sweeping across the United States.

In this Sept. 4, 2017, photo, workers at a seafood processing plant where North Korean workers are distinguished from the Chinese workers by blue overalls wash up after work in the city of Hunchun, in northeastern China's Jilin province. At a time when North Korea faces sanctions on many exports, it sends of tens of thousands of workers worldwide bringing in revenue estimated at anywhere from $200 million to $500 million. That could account for a sizable portion of its nuclear weapons and missile programs, which South Korea says has cost well over $1 billion.

Americans May Be Buying N. Korea-Produced Seafood

Workers have no access to telephones or email. And they are paid a fraction of their salaries, while the rest — as much as 70 percent — is taken by North Korea's government.

In this Jan. 17, 2017 photo, Indian students practice at a local typewriting school in New Delhi, India.

The End is Nigh for the Typewriter

Those clunky old boxes are still used around the world, but not for long.