Been years since I looked into this, but as far as I remember basically he was a dumbshit American who went to the DPRK to do "missionary" work (which, if you know much about Korean history or colonialism in general is pretty sus). He gets arrested for stealing. It then seems likely that he tried to kill himself, this being why he was all fucked up and eventually died. There was no evidence he was ever tortured or mistreated by the DPRK.
I don't question the autopsy refusal tbh. The parents lied about his condition , something even western news reports but whatever the case we know they were lying regardless. It could've been done for religious reasons or whatever.
Been years since I looked into this, but as far as I remember basically he was a dumbshit American who went to the DPRK to do "missionary" work (which, if you know much about Korean history or colonialism in general is pretty sus). He gets arrested for stealing. It then seems likely that he tried to kill himself, this being why he was all fucked up and eventually died. There was no evidence he was ever tortured or mistreated by the DPRK.
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I don't question the autopsy refusal tbh. The parents lied about his condition , something even western news reports but whatever the case we know they were lying regardless. It could've been done for religious reasons or whatever.
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