[hilbertseries]

So they planted this with a Korean lab a few years ago?

[BirAdam]

Having known many conspiracy theorists... yeah. Given the US troop presence in Korea, they would say "absolutely," and they'd then adjust their tinfoil hats.

[Workaccount2]

The namesake of LK-99 is the year it was first synthesized - 1999.

[hinkley]

I mean we do have a defense pact with South Korea... There are worse places to establish parallel discovery.

Plausible enough for science fiction at least.

[bugglebeetle]

Please see “I know to be ridiculous” in my comment. This was intended as a joke.