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cmn32480
on Saturday June 20 2015, @06:49PM
from the my-bullshit-detector-overloaded dept.
from the my-bullshit-detector-overloaded dept.
Just when you thought the news couldn't get any more ridiculous ...
A company in North Korea has developed a cure for everything. North Korea's state-run news agency is reporting that Kumdang-2, a type of ginseng grown in "rare-earth molecular fertilizer" can "prevent different malignant epidemics."
The story was picked up in South Korea, which is currently experiencing a deadly outbreak of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome), which the makers of Kumdang-2 claim it can cure.
According to this website, just a simple injection of this compound can cure a vast array of diseases:
The original article comes from Popular Science, with additional coverage by The Guardian.
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North Korea Claims to have Found the Cure for AIDS, Ebola, Cancer, and Bird Flu
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(Score: 2) by Beryllium Sphere (r) on Saturday June 20 2015, @07:13PM
They've told their overseas personnel to stay put to avoid MERS.
(Score: 3, Informative) by kaszz on Saturday June 20 2015, @07:21PM
Gingseng can probably make people feel better. But it's not a cure. And then it's the thing with placebo..
In other news, no one really cares what North Korean government says.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 20 2015, @09:11PM
> In other news, no one really cares what North Korean government says.
It makes for good PR to remind us all how 'crazy' NK is.
I guess it is more palatable than talking about their enormous concentration camps.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday June 20 2015, @10:35PM
NK should have hired Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf (aka Baghdad Bob). His style would fit right in ;-)
The concentration camps is a really sad story. But as long as China protects NK and they remain politically stable, they will most likely stay. If the government would be leaderless for any moment it could however initiate a vicious internal power struggle that could cause the state to collapse.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by LoRdTAW on Sunday June 21 2015, @01:03AM
That is the reason China supports those loonies, not because they are commi buddies. Last thing China wants is millions of starving, brain washed NK Zombies flooding across the border.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 20 2015, @07:40PM
Was the researcher that tested it on a patient named Wong Ho.
(Score: 5, Funny) by Hartree on Saturday June 20 2015, @07:44PM
Inhalation of sufficient quantities of hydrogen cyanide gas arrests the progression of all known diseases. Disclaimer: side effects may include death.
Ask your doctor if HCN is right for you.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday June 20 2015, @09:27PM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday June 21 2015, @01:22AM
Starvation works as well. None of the people who have starved to death in the past half century in Korea suffer from any diseases at all.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 21 2015, @03:14PM
Ask your doctor if HCN is right for you.
Ask you doctor if you are healthy enough for HCN; a blood test may be required. If death lasts more than four hours contact your doctor immediately.
(Score: 2) by mendax on Saturday June 20 2015, @08:14PM
... fool me twice shame on me.
The North Koreans are like lawyers and politicians. You know when they're lying because their lips are moving. But I'll believe the North Koreans when they announce that they've turned lead into gold!
It's really quite a simple choice: Life, Death, or Los Angeles.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 21 2015, @03:04AM
Why don't say westerners support magic water because some western companies selling homeopathic 'medicine'
How about westerners think apricot kernals can cure cancer - sold in health food stores as a miracle cure!
How about colloidal silver - another miracle cure that is claimed to be much better than those nasty industrial antibiotics (also sold in health food stores)
How about different pain killers for different pains that have exactly the same active ingredient.
Denouncing an entire country because of one slime ball company that is doing the same as shitloads of companies around the world is plain racism
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday June 21 2015, @07:24AM
Probably not racism, just money. NK doesn't have much in the way of lobbiests, advocacy groups, lawyers, or PR spokespersons to generate a shitstorm on their behalf. Therefore, it's safe for corporate media to mock them.
Of course, TPTB may have other reasons for encouraging this sort of thing too (of the "We've always been at war with Eastasia" variety)
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 21 2015, @08:03AM
It makes the news because it's hilarious.
It's not racist in the least. Koreans are great! The North Korean government is ridiculous though. They're fair game. Unfortunately, no information leaves NK unless the government approves it, and therefore it should be rightful to assume that the NK government wholeheartedly endorses this new miracle ginseng! Hurrah!
(Score: 1) by Sulla on Monday June 22 2015, @02:52AM
You make a very good point. If everyone in the world adopted the one-meal-a-day program we would all be better off. Who are we to judge their health knowledge.
You, justifyin' bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior since June 20, 2015 at 2:49PM.
Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam
(Score: 2, Informative) by NoKaOi on Sunday June 21 2015, @08:09AM
We already have plenty of products making those same claims. Go to your local "health food" store and look for essential oils and homeopathic remedies.