there’s an industry of tabloids and publishers waiting with open arms for nork defectors to denounce their former government. these defectors are basically the

there’s an industry of tabloids and publishers waiting with open arms for nork defectors to denounce their former government. these defectors are basically the dregs of society in south korea; impoverished, unskilled, widely despised and easily identifiable. many of them effectively live in the projects together, working low wage jobs and facing discrimination from the public. if you can make some bank telling a particularly lurid versions of stories you’ve heard back home, and there’s little other opportunity... none of this is to say that the NK regime doesn’t commit atrocities. i’m certain some of the stories are true. i only mean to point out that there are perverse incentives that point exclusively in one direction.