Nov 17, 2017 · Doctors say the patient is stable - but "an enormous number" of worms in his body are contaminating his wounds and making his situation worse. His condition is thought to give a rare insight into...

Nov 22, 2017 · Parasitic worms up to 27 centimeters long and a chronic liver infection found in a North Korean defector are providing a window into health conditions inside the secretive rogue state, experts...

Nov 17, 2017 · At a briefing this week, lead surgeon Lee Cook-jong displayed photos showing dozens of flesh-colored parasites - including one 27 cm long - removed from the wounded soldier’s digestive tract during...

Nov 17, 2017 · In a 2014 study, South Korean doctors checked a sample of 17 female defectors from North Korea and found seven of them infected with parasitic worms. The North Korean soldier drove a jeep...

Nov 17, 2017 · Parasitic worms found in a North Korean soldier, critically injured during a desperate defection, highlight nutrition and hygiene problems that experts say have plagued the isolated country for...

Nov 20, 2017 · South Korean soldiers found the defector under a pile of leaves, bleeding from at least five gunshot wounds. He was brought to doctors, who expected to find the soldier in bad shape. But what...

Nov 20, 2018 · According to the Korea Biomedical Review, species of roundworms were found inside the soldier's body. Sankei Shimbun said Japanese intelligence officials confirmed Mr Oh's identitity before it...

Jun 24, 2024 · From late May to early June, North Korea sent over 1,000 balloons carrying waste across the border in response to leaflet campaigns led by North Korean defector groups criticizing the Kim Jong-un regime. The ministry unveiled such findings on Monday after examining 70 balloons carrying feces.

Dec 11, 2017 · South Korean surgeon Lee Cook-Jong told CNN doctors faced a battle to save him, and discovered the 24-year-old’s body was filled with tapeworms, some of which were up to 27cm long.

Dec 1, 2017 · News reports swirled before Thanksgiving that a North Korean defector had 10-inch long parasitic worms (Ascaris lumbricoides) removed from his stomach after fleeing to the south. While shedding light on the poor health conditions in the country, the story also brought attention to a significant global health problem that affects as many as 1.5 ...