Just a tangent on NK: I think the West has a very inaccurate idea of what goes on in the DPRK and it's relations with the rest of the world. Almost everything we get is from CIA newsletters.
I've watched a good number of South Korean shows on Netflix, and a couple of them heavily involved North Korea. I was quite surprised that the Northerners weren't portrayed as threatening or villains. In one of them, the hero and love interest was a DPRK military officer. And AFAIK, this is produced by Southerners for South Korean audiences.
Also, I found out Pyongyang has an international airport. Doesn't seem very "Hermit Kingdom"-y, does it?
Back in the Trump era, Kim Jong-un was all over the mainstream because he made some terrifying nuclear threat. So I checked KCNA and the most notable story that day was about a new postage stamp.
So they just make stuff up, including direct quotes. They know no one is checking and they are absolutely correct about that. If this is the first you've heard about such a thing, well, that's your proof, isn't it?
Just a tangent on NK: I think the West has a very inaccurate idea of what goes on in the DPRK and it's relations with the rest of the world. Almost everything we get is from CIA newsletters.
I've watched a good number of South Korean shows on Netflix, and a couple of them heavily involved North Korea. I was quite surprised that the Northerners weren't portrayed as threatening or villains. In one of them, the hero and love interest was a DPRK military officer. And AFAIK, this is produced by Southerners for South Korean audiences.
Also, I found out Pyongyang has an international airport. Doesn't seem very "Hermit Kingdom"-y, does it?
I think it could also be what they're allowed to publish.
It's way, way, way beyond that.
Back in the Trump era, Kim Jong-un was all over the mainstream because he made some terrifying nuclear threat. So I checked KCNA and the most notable story that day was about a new postage stamp.
So they just make stuff up, including direct quotes. They know no one is checking and they are absolutely correct about that. If this is the first you've heard about such a thing, well, that's your proof, isn't it?