If you haven't read his book yet I highly recommend reading it, Escape from Camp 14. I read it over the summer and it's pretty powerful.
And while we're on the subject of North Korea
Vice Guide, part 1-3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24R8JObNNQ4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xw46Ll-Zy4s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HJj85K_7MQ
Definitely worth watching. A bit less gutwrenching than the story of Shin, luckily
Active WoW player Jan 2006 - Aug 2020
Occasional WoW Classic Andy since.
Nothing lasts forever, as they say.
But at least I can casually play Classic and remember when MMORPGs were good.
yet the world ain't doing shit about it...that's reason enough to realize the world is run by money aka greed
His family was killed not long after his torture was finished. He said at first that he felt they deserved it and showed no emotion when retelling the story, but after being exposed to society and family life on the outside world he later admitted that he turned them in himself
Pretty messed up, brainwashing is just atrocious.
That's pretty heartbreaking, not knowing what love is.
Q: Where the fuck is Xia Xia, SIU?!?!
A1: She needs to start making eggs for Easter...
A2: Drunk and sleeping somewhere.
It's not nation bashing when the nations in question are doing horrendous acts. Said acts deserve criticism, and I don't think even my country is immune from critique.
And no, you don't get to use cultural relativism as validation for torture and prison camps. It was wrong when the Nazi's did it, it was wrong when the United States and Canada did it, it was wrong when Japan did it, and it's wrong here.
Everyone keeps talking about dealing the NK issue. That's ok.
A likely bigger issue is how do you deal with a population which supposedly has been indoctrinated for ages. If they are in fact in this state, in this mental prison, "liberating" them will just mean crashing their world.
Media is simply amazing, isn't it? Just pour some information reflecting your views on the situation and you can pretty much rule the world.
And the millions will think what they came to that conclusion you want them to all by themselves.
P.S. This not about N.Korea or whatever they doing, just off topic thoughts after reading few post here, the one what demanding blood and another invasion.