I think the DPRK gets it because it's an entire business in South Korea to sell salacious rumors to newspapers. South Korea has entire media empires built specifically on selling shocking stories from defectors or spies or whatever. Since the UN doesn't allow North Koreans to travel freely, it's easy to make up whatever you want and get no backlash.
I think the DPRK gets it because it's an entire business in South Korea to sell salacious rumors to newspapers. South Korea has entire media empires built specifically on selling shocking stories from defectors or spies or whatever. Since the UN doesn't allow North Koreans to travel freely, it's easy to make up whatever you want and get no backlash.