North Korea says Ebola is a U.S. bioweapons conspiracy. Seems legit.

PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) uses a pair of binoculars to look towards South Korea. Photo: 2013,  KCNA via Reuters.


PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) uses a pair of binoculars to look towards South Korea. Photo: 2013, KCNA via Reuters.

"The U.S. developed a progenitor of Ebola virus at bio-weapon institutes built in West African countries for the purpose of launching a biological warfare."

Yep. That's from KCNA, the North Korean state news agency, in a published item that sounds not unlike what one finds on grungier corners of America's own conspiracy websites.

"The facts clearly show that the U.S. is the worst tundra of human rights to be condemned by the world people," reads the KCNA item. "DPRK citizens are now strongly demanding that the United States be brought to international tribunal for its flagrant human rights violations."

Maybe it's time to update our North Korea Press Release Generator.

[KCNA, more at The Independent]