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coldtea · 2013-04-24 · Original thread
>I read an article on HN a while ago, about a guy who escaped from a North Korean prison camp. That shed light on something that we don't know much about.

Without any corroboration I wouldn't believe that story 100%.

Especially in an era when said country is in the spotlight as an enemy.

As war correspondent and write Philip Knightley wrote: "The first casualty of any war is the truth". The same holds true for any coverage of a place where diplomatic animosity and/or state interests come into play.

http://www.amazon.com/First-Casualty-Phillip-Knightley/dp/18...

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