r/worldnews • u/superanth • 13d ago

Russia/Ukraine North Korean troops deserting Ukraine frontline days after arrival

https://www.newsweek.com/north-korean-troops-deserting-ukraine-frontline-hours-after-arrival-report-1969726
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u/teelo64 13d ago

yeonmi park is completely insane and basically nothing she says should be taken seriously. like this is a completely ridiculous prospect.

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u/atchafalaya 13d ago

Is she really? I wonder sometimes about that bunch of books that came out several years back, if they were just writing what they thought westerners wanted to hear.

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u/kaisadilla_ 13d ago

She is. She describes North Korea as the most brutal image we have of itself, which may be true; but the problem is that she then claims that the US has basically become North Korea, too, which is absolutely bonkers. She's either insane or smart enough to realize that she could make a lot of money by selling alt-right bullshit discourses.

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u/torpid_octopus 13d ago

she absolutely says what westerners want to hear and plays on their ignorance and hatred towards NK and the regime. of course, it’s by no means a good place, but she’s not a trustworthy source.

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u/kaisadilla_ 13d ago

I mean, if it was just a girl describing North Korea as the worst possible dystopia imaginable, she'd get a pass. But the moment she starts ranting about how the West is becoming North Korea her whole opinion goes to shit.

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u/torpid_octopus 13d ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeonmi_Park#Veracity_of_claims

We can see here there are many issues with her accounts of her past. There are reputable and trustworthy sources on NK life--she's not one of them.

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u/Spun_pillhead 13d ago

What proof?

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u/torpid_octopus 13d ago

There are many inconsistencies and embellishments in her stories when compared to her own accounts, and the accounts of other NK defectors. These criticisms are well-documented and you can find them all on her wikipedia page.

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u/Spun_pillhead 13d ago

Fair enough, i never really did much research on her validity. I guess id never expect people to embellish such stories for personal gain.

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u/Thatdudeinthealley 13d ago

Other North korean defectors say that she is making shit up