• Godort@lemmy.ca
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    14 days ago

    I wonder why there isn’t a more reliable source of info coming out of North Korea. It must be a near utopia in there if the only people that make it out of the country are these unreliable defectors that universally agree that life is bad there.

    • Cowbee [he/they]@lemmy.ml
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      14 days ago

      Not all defectors do agree that life is bad there. Further, no, it isn’t a utopia, and there is state media you can access, such as KCNA. The DPRK isn’t a utopia, nobody claims it is, we just agree that it’s one of the most misunderstood and propagandized against countries on the planet, and there’s logical reason for that.

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        14 days ago

        They defected because they don’t think life is bad in the place they were fleeing? Why are they fleeing if they don’t believe life is bad in North Korea?

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          14 days ago

          I recommend you check out some of the links I posted. In many cases they flee for the same reason Cubans do, outside pressure results in economic crisis, especially during the 90s when the USSR dissolved and their main trading partner no longer existed overnight.

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            14 days ago

            So life is bad enough to need to leave to survive economically, but this isn’t them thinking life is bad there.

            I’m not accepting more homework assignments and class reading than I already have, peace if you don’t want to elaborate ✌️