Comment by monocasa

There's a big issue with those sources, however. North Korean defectors are paid essentially on how horrific their stories are, so there's a real incentive to make things up.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/why-do-north-k...

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/world/asia/prominent-nort...