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    'Enormous number' of parasites in North Korean defector's body, doctors say

    http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/11...ctors-say.html

    Doctors discovered an "enormous number" of parasitic worms slithering inside the body of a man who defected from North Korea this week, the ghastly find illustrating the food and hygiene problems rampant inside the guarded walls of the Hermit Kingdom.







    The North Korean defector, who hasn't been identified, was a soldier who made a desperate dash for freedom Monday at the Demilitarized Zone separating North and South Korea. But the man was shot at least five times by his former comrades as he made his escape.



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    North Korean soldier shot in DMZ while defecting

    South Korean doctors said the defector was in stable condition after surgery for his gunshot wounds. But physicians identified another reason for alarm: an “enormous number” of parasitic worms that are complicating his recovery, Reuters reported.




    Doctors believed the soldier could have had the parasites for a while.

    AMERICAN MAN WHO TRIED TO ENTER NORTH KOREA FROM SOUTH WANTED TO HELP RESOLVE TENSIONS, OFFICIALS SAY

    Lee Cook-jong, the defector's lead surgeon, showed photos of the parasitic worms, including an 11-inch long worm found in the man's digestive tract.



    “In my over 20 year-long career as a surgeon, I have only seen something like this in a textbook,” Lee told reporters.

    Cook-jong said they were treating the patient carefully to avoid complications due to the worms, the BBC reported.


    FILE - In this April 24, 2013, file photo, North Korean soldiers stand on steps overlooking the border village of Panmunjom, North Korea, which has separated the two Koreas since the Korean War. South Korea said on Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, that North Korean soldiers shot at and injured a fellow soldier who was crossing the border village to try to defect to the South. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the injured North Korean was being taken to a hospital after crossing the border village of Panmunjom. Defections are rare by that route. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)

    North Korean soldiers guard the South Korean-North Korean border. (AP)

    Doctors said they discovered corn kernels in the man's stomach leading them to believe the worm's may be related to the hygiene and food problems experts have for years expected in North Korea.

    “Although we do not have solid figures showing health conditions of North Korea, medical experts assume that parasite infection problems and serious health issues have been prevalent in the country,” Choi Min-Ho, of the Seoul National University College of Medicine, told Reuters.

    Min-Ho said the injured defector’s condition was “not surprising at all considering the north’s hygiene and parasite problems.”

    NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER WHO DEFECTED TO SOUTH KOREA AT DMZ WAS SHOT 5 TIMES, MILITARY SAYS

    The BBC reported parasites can get into humans through contaminated food or “being bitten by an insect or by the parasite entering through the skin.”

    The impoverished farmers of North Korea reportedly use human waste as fertilizer for its crops, the BBC reported. It's possible the feces is contaminating vegetables grown in the soil.

    "North Korea is a very poor country and like any other poor country it has serious health problems," Andrei Lankov of Kookmin University told the BBC.

    Lankov warned the health conditions in North Korea could be a problem for decades in South Korea if the two countries ever reunified.
    If Soldiers health is this bad, imagine what the rest of the population is like.

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    The North Korean parasites eat better than the North Koreans!

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    This is the horror south korea and it's allies have inflicted on the north with sanctions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffyman View Post
    This is the horror south korea and it's allies have inflicted on the north with sanctions.
    Actually, the DPRK grows an incredible amount of crops, they just sell it all to buy the Kim family and party officials nice toys.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurrora View Post
    The North Korean parasites eat better than the North Koreans!
    LOL... that zinger.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffyman View Post
    This is the horror south korea and it's allies have inflicted on the north with sanctions.
    If you think anything would change for the people if sanctions were lifted you are pretty naive. Most bleeding hearts are though.

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    I look forward to the day when we see Lil' Kims mangled body being strung up in Pyongyang and his long suffering people reunited with there South Koreans Brothers and Sisters.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurrora View Post
    The North Korean parasites eat better than the North Koreans!
    in North Korea, the worms eat you!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhatAgain666 View Post
    I look forward to the day when we see Lil' Kims mangled body being strung up in Pyongyang and his long suffering people reunited with there South Koreans Brothers and Sisters.
    I don't know that the South wants, or is ready for that event.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffyman View Post
    This is the horror south korea and it's allies have inflicted on the north with sanctions.
    You're kidding, right? North Korea would be a much better country to live in had the ruling elite actually cared about developing the country to benefit everyone, instead of lining their own pockets. Instead, they have, at every turn, defied the international community and abused their own citizenry, all the while indoctrinating said citizenry into thinking that the Kim Jong family are like Gods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by durenas View Post
    You're kidding, right? North Korea would be a much better country to live in had the ruling elite actually cared about developing the country to benefit everyone, instead of lining their own pockets. Instead, they have, at every turn, defied the international community and abused their own citizenry, all the while indoctrinating said citizenry into thinking that the Kim Jong family are like Gods.
    There are some really good documentaries about the DPRK on Netflix, particularly about their economy and how the Kim family have indoctrinated their people into worshipping them as demigods.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhatAgain666 View Post
    I look forward to the day when we see Lil' Kims mangled body being strung up in Pyongyang and his long suffering people reunited with there South Koreans Brothers and Sisters.
    Jokes on you. Even if the North Koreans manage to overthrow Kim they're too malnourished and he's too fat for them to actually string him up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhatAgain666 View Post
    I look forward to the day when we see Lil' Kims mangled body being strung up in Pyongyang and his long suffering people reunited with there South Koreans Brothers and Sisters.
    No thanks. It's not feasible.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WhatAgain666 View Post
    I look forward to the day when we see Lil' Kims mangled body being strung up in Pyongyang and his long suffering people reunited with there South Koreans Brothers and Sisters.
    Sadly,the North Koreans are indoctrinated so hard that a lot of them actually ended up believing that the Kim Jong family are actually gods

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    Quote Originally Posted by Aurrora View Post
    The North Korean parasites eat better than the North Koreans!
    *Claps heavily*

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    Maybe these are the Commie'uld parasites.

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    It’s not like people in the west don’t suffer parasites, he coulda been just one unlucky/lucky guy(lucky to escape unlucky to be infected)

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    Is this "the thing"-reloaded?

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    Quote Originally Posted by supertony51 View Post
    Actually, the DPRK grows an incredible amount of crops, they just sell it all to buy the Kim family and party officials nice toys.
    Sad truth and pretty much what goes on in a lot of Asian countries.

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    Quote Originally Posted by supertony51 View Post
    Actually, the DPRK grows an incredible amount of crops, they just sell it all to buy the Kim family and party officials nice toys.
    KJIll had a pretty bad ass car collection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Freighter View Post
    No thanks. It's not feasible.
    Can't have any mixing now can we?

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