N. Korea seizes on defector’s inaccuracies, but rights advocates focus on bigger picture
North Korea has seized upon recent admissions by Shin Dong-hyuk — a prison-camp escapee who now says parts of his story about his life and escape from North Korea’s Camp 14 were inaccurate — to seek to dismiss all human rights efforts against it. (Jason Decrow/AP)
SEOUL — North Korea has seized upon recent admissions by Shin Dong-hyuk, the prison-camp escapee who now says parts of his harrowing tale were inaccurate, using them to try to scupper the international campaign to condemn the totalitarian state’s human rights abuses.
N. Korea Seizes on Defector’s Inaccuracies, But Rights Advocates Focus on Bigger Picture by Thavam Ratna
N. Korea Seizes on Defector’s Inaccuracies, But Rights Advocates Focus on Bigger Picture by Thavam Ratna
