How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner

Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by InsomniacL on Friday July 12, 2024 @07:36AM (#40944605)

> A 2014 UN inquiry found evidence for "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations" and stated that "the gravity, scale and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world"

I don't think having access to luxuries detracts from the danger he was in of being in a country where public executions take place for things as minor as 'fortune telling' or watching South Korean movies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment_in_North_Ko...

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by ZhongXina on Friday July 12, 2024 @07:51AM (#40944679)

Allegedly, supposedly... About 60 years ago, Hunter Thompson called out these words as propaganda devices that let you say anything about anyone you don't like without taking any responsibility for it. Nothing has changed in the journalistic standards since then.

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by InsomniacL on Friday July 12, 2024 @08:12AM (#40944803)

I don't agree those words let you say anything you like about something.

However, given the overwhelming consistency and volume of testimonies, supported by satellite imagery, investigations by international bodies and leaked internal documents, it's clear these types of acts do occur.

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by hughesjj on Friday July 12, 2024 @09:18AM (#40945292)

Also, escapees

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Re:How to Survive 3 Years in North Korea as a Foreigner by red-iron-pine on Friday July 12, 2024 @10:36AM (#40945975)

what are those words?

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