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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by BizarreByte on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:17PM (#40940235)
> random student that just took a poster as a souvernir.

Let's not mince words here, he stole government property in a country with some of the harshest laws on earth.

Did he deserve to die for it? No, but it was an incredibly stupid thing to do.

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by kennyloginz on Thursday July 11, 2024 @05:04PM (#40940599)
His fellow travelers say this was impossible, the “recording” was fake, and the timestamps are at a time when he wasn’t even in the hotel. Why would you assume n. Korea is being honest here?
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by themaninthedark on Friday July 12, 2024 @09:38AM (#40945464)
I would not say that I would assume that North Korea is being honest but what makes you think that his fellow travelers are being honest either?
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by kennyloginz on Friday July 12, 2024 @11:56AM (#40946729)
His fellow travelers were from many different countries
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by yongjik on Thursday July 11, 2024 @04:46PM (#40940483)
One might even argue that the stupidity began when he decided to visit NK.
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by Scoundreller on Thursday July 11, 2024 @06:22PM (#40941147)
yeah for sure, because otherwise NK has fantastic relations with USA!
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by damontal on Thursday July 11, 2024 @08:46PM (#40941874)
Nice victim blaming.
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by BizarreByte on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @12:35PM (#40978054)
It's no more victim blaming than being honest about what happens to people who visit Singapore with pot.
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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by pcwalton on Thursday July 11, 2024 @10:52PM (#40942419)
I don't think it really makes sense to talk about "laws" for places like North Korea, as it's not a rule of law state.
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