North Koreans are suffering from mysterious ‘ghost disease’ after nuclear tests
North Korean defectors claim that a mysterious "ghost disease" is ravaging people living near the country’s nuclear test site, causing ill-health and death.
Unconfirmed reports from defectors claim that people living near the Punggye-ri test site suffer from mysterious symptoms and that babies have been born deformed.
Defector Lee Jeong-hwa said, ‘So many people died we began calling it "ghost disease".
"We thought we were dying because we were poor and we ate badly. Now we know it was the radiation."
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So far, radiation tests on defectors, including Ms Lee have come back negative.
Sensors in the region have also failed to pick up any trace of radiation, after multiple detonations at the site.
Chinese nuclear expert Wei Shijie said, "It is just a matter of time to detect it, because there are cracks on mountains where radioactive substances will leak."
