Residents Living Near North Korea's Nuclear Test Site Are Suffering From 'Ghost Disease'

Newsweek: North Korea's Nuclear Tests Are Spreading 'Ghost Disease' Causing Deformations, Defectors Say

North Korea’s nuclear test are spreading a “ghost disease” that is deforming babies and sickening civilians exposed to radiation, defectors said in a report published Sunday.

“So many people died we began calling it 'ghost disease,’” Lee Jeong Hwa, a defector who used to live by a nuclear testing site, told NBC News.

"We thought we were dying because we were poor and we ate badly. Now we know it was the radiation."

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North Korean nuclear tests sickening residents with 'ghost disease,' defectors say -- FOX News
Defectors who lived near North Korea weapons test site complained of ‘ghost disease’ -- New York Daily News
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North Korean Defectors Claim 'Ghost Disease' Is Nuclear Radiation Poisoning -- IBTimes