Considering the plenitudes of woes suffered by the people of North Korea, it is a downright miracle the country has never had an AIDS case. The reason for this miracle, according to a commie gubmint official, is an even bigger miracle: Turns out the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is completely homo-free. Not one homosexual in the whole country. Ever.

Rex Wockner in Windy City Media Group:

You gotta love wacky North Korea. Last month the nation reported that it has never had an AIDS case and also doesn�t have any homosexuals.

The AIDS statistics could be true. This is, after all, the most closed, isolated, secretive nation on the planet. But no gays? Poor, deluded North Korea.

The claims were reported by the Pyongyang Times in an interview it did with Han Kyong Ho, director of the wonderfully named Central Hygienic and Anti-Epizootic Center of the Democratic People�s Republic of Korea Ministry of Health.

�The DPRK is the sole country on the earth that has no AIDS-related patient so far,� Han said. �As a medical worker I feel sure that there will not occur a case in the DPRK in the future, either. The DPRK … encourages the population to have a noble viewpoint towards love, marriage and family, and observe a sound lifestyle. The country has neither licensed and private prostitutes nor homosexuals and drug addicts.�

There�s more. �The socialist system in the country has nothing to do with any socio-economic background giving rise to all descriptions of immorality and depravity,� Han said. �The sound lifestyle prevailing in the society will be upgraded more and more as the people�s standard of ideology and culture is on the rise and education on the socialist morality develops. It is crystal clear that AIDS can never penetrate into this environment.�

I suppose if police keep all foreigners under watch 24/7, North Korea could stay AIDS-free. But, Han did note that 27 foreign workers who tested HIV-positive recently were sent home at their own requests. At some point, a foreign worker who doesn�t know he�s HIV-positive and one of those non-existent North Korean homosexuals are gonna do the deed in a broom closet, beyond the eyes of prying officials, and Han�s disease-free utopia will be history.

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