3rd link: The tone and channel name seems comedic at first glance, but I'll watch it and get back to you. Plenty of comedians doing real journalism these days anyway, so that shouldn't be a mark against him.

[–] carl_marks_1312@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang A documentary on the world of defectors and South Korean Intelligence (National Intelligence Service, formerly known as the KCIA)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V4Hnl7J9H4

The originally posted documentary is soft-censored behind an age-confirmation verification

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Paid testimony is bribery, its not reliable.

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That specific BBC article is what I was talking about. It's not publicly available testimony, it's information gathering by the SK state about NK from defectors.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You should move there and see what it's actually like.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Again, you should go and report back what it's really like.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

People have literally done that (and continue to do so). Their stories get censored by western media for not being anti-communist enough.

[–] gnutrino@programming.dev 2 points 1 month ago

Send us a postcard