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Four defectors from Kilju county in North Korean have shown signs of radiation exposure:
At least four defectors from North Korea have shown signs of radiation exposure, the South Korean government said on Wednesday, although researchers could not confirm if they were was related to Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
The four are among 30 former residents of Kilju county, an area in North Korea that includes the nuclear test site Punggye-ri, who have been examined by the South Korean government since October, a month after the North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, Unification Ministry spokesman Baik Tae-hyun told a news briefing.
They were exposed to radiation between May 2009 and January 2013, and all defected to the South before the most recent test, a researcher at the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, which carried out the examinations, told reporters. [...] The researcher cautioned that there were a number of ways people may be exposed to radiation, and that none of the defectors who [...] had lived in Punggye-ri itself showed specific symptoms.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday December 28 2017, @05:44PM (2 children)
The US Government lies, engages in illegal activities, and frequently fails to live up to the ideals it espouses. But do you really believe that North Korea is a better place to live than South Korea? Really?
It's easy to talk safe in your warm home, with a reliable food source, clean water to drink, and a fast internet connection powered by a stable electricity supply. But just look at China, South Korea, and North Korea [nationalgeographic.com]. Stop talking the teenage "burn-the-world-angst" and actually think what it's like to actually be hungry.
If you really think that North Korea is a good place to live, I question your source of news, your judgement, or both. Or you could put your money where your mouth is and immigrate. I'm sure North Korea would welcome anybody from the West, or indeed anybody from any developed country, in as a PR coup.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday December 28 2017, @06:15PM
I'd question his sanity as well. Well, more I'd take it for granted that he is over the rainbow on all counts.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Gaaark on Thursday December 28 2017, @07:13PM
So, no one in amurica goes around hungry? everyone has CLEAN water to drink?EVERYONE has fast internet and stable electricity?
BULLSHIT!
Don't get your panties messed up over this.
I did not say it was a great place to live: i said i don't trust what the government tells us about North Korea.
TIME TO GROW UP, little one.
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