There was a big black market for foreign films, I learned from videos smuggled out. Imported from China or recorded with satellite dishes.
I'm sure the current leader saw that also.
metalman · 55m ago
the former Ugoslaviain police were infamous for dragging youth of "to beat the Zappa out of them", but on.the fall of communism uncle Frank was greeted in Ugodlavia by thousands at the airport was given special honours and a very strong offer to be part of there government, they very much wanted to keep him
perhaps something similar is taking shape in.NK
Synaesthesia · 56m ago
I find some of the claims made about North Korea rather fanciful and unbelievable.
crazybonkersai · 1m ago
The most plausible explanation that those people who escaped NK were sentenced for something else and use excuse of watching foreign films to look good to Western researchers.
I believe that media landscape is restricted in NK, but getting a death sentence for a watching movie? No way it is possible.
bilekas · 47m ago
You find them to be, do you have any insight that would help us understand your point ?
sjiabq · 23m ago
How many times have Western intelligence services claimed that the Kims had killed one of their relatives or some high rank politician only for the person to reappear a few months later?
bilekas · 6m ago
I really don't know, can you share some times they claimed definitively that it happened ?
It's usually claimed to "be believed to have murdered X" - His brother for example.
But Kim himself has admitted to murder so it's not really some 'exaggeration' [0].
So unless you have something that would confirm otherwise, which would make interesting reading I will have to take my grain of salt from what we do already know.
There is just a lot of bs being spread about NK. Westerners, for example, genuindely believed all koreans had to get a haircut that is approved by the government.
I'm not even saying this country is not paranoid, but its nearly not as bad as everyone is imaging, and frankly, considering what Americans have inflicted unto the korean people, its fairly understandable.
I'm sure the current leader saw that also.
It's usually claimed to "be believed to have murdered X" - His brother for example.
But Kim himself has admitted to murder so it's not really some 'exaggeration' [0].
So unless you have something that would confirm otherwise, which would make interesting reading I will have to take my grain of salt from what we do already know.
[0] https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54291550
I'm not even saying this country is not paranoid, but its nearly not as bad as everyone is imaging, and frankly, considering what Americans have inflicted unto the korean people, its fairly understandable.