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 [kcna.co.jp] 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 [kumdang2.com] claim it can cure.
According to this website [kumdang2.com], just a simple injection of this compound can cure a vast array of diseases:
http://www.popsci.com/north-korea-has-found-cure-aids-ebola-cancer-and-bird-flu [popsci.com]
[Also Covered By]: The Guardian [theguardian.com]