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Kim Jong Un Claims To Have Cured AIDS, Ebola and Cancer
jones_supa writes: North Korea has created a wonder drug which not only cures AIDS, but also eradicates Ebola and cancer — at least, according to the latest proclamation from the country's news agency. Their announcement says the miracle cure consists of ginseng grown from fertilizer and rare earth elements. The drug's website cites a medical study in Africa where the product was tested on HIV-positive patients. It records that every single participant in the trial noted an improvement, with 56% being completely cured and 44% noting a considerable improvement in their condition. Among other benefits, the North Korean scientists also revealed that the drug is capable of curing a number of cancers, but did not provide details of the medical trials which support this claim. It's also good to remember that the state has previously claimed that Kim Jong Il invented the hamburger.
At least put this story on idle or something. Some dictator claiming stupid shit is hardly new, and it's certainly not something anyone needs to concern themselves with.
And that is different than the US Congress declaring climate change doesn't exist?
How is this even remotely racist? It's propaganda to mock a brutal dictatorship responsible for the deaths of millions now? Are you stupid?
"who knows how much more strong and vibrant Korea would be were they all free and prosperous like the South."
China does, that's why they don't push over the Norks and let the S. Koreans run the entire joint. The last thing Chinese leaders want is a united Korea showing the Chinese people how its done with no Communist Party of Kleptocrats.
All those claims were made up by western journalists. NK doesn't make those claims, it doesn't "supply" comedy material.
Unicorns - actually a legendary animal from Korean mythology, acknowledged to be a myth but some of the people and places are real (a bit like King Arthur in the UK).
Invented the hamburger - made no such claim, merely that he had invented a particularly good one.
Does not use the toilet - Mistranslated, possibly deliberately, from someone saying that they don't talk about his toilet habits and generally pretend to be ignorant when he needs to pop out for five minutes. Hardly unique to NK, e.g. I imagine the British Queen doesn't tell her staff "I'm just going for a dump" and they probably don't ask her how it went afterwards. Never the less, you can bet that both their staffs ensure that there are clean facilities available.
It's all just bullshit made up in the west, and all it does is distort the truth about a brutal regime to get a few clicks.
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