Talk:Yeonmi Park
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Execution for watching foreign movies
editGuess what, a couple of months ago, a bunch of kids were executed in public for whatching South Korean shows, so I guess her claims are correct. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/03/30/north-korea-kim-jong-un-teenagers-executed-tv-shows/ 46.97.169.126 (talk) 16:41, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
- The Telegraph news article refers to the 2023 Report North Korean Human Rights , published by the Ministry of Unification. There is also a 2024 press release which refers to incidents like this. I will take a look. Probably should add a few sentences to the Yeonmi Park#Execution for watching foreign movies section. -- M.boli (talk) 17:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)
Men conscripted in the military
editThe article states that 'Abrams also questioned Park's claims that all North Koreans over 4 feet 10 inches tall were conscripted into the military, saying: "Of hundreds of North Koreans the writer has met and the dozens to whom he has spoken about the military, none recalled ever being conscripted and all were over five foot."' However the Wikipedia article "Conscription in North Korea" states: "Conscription in North Korea occurs despite ambiguity concerning its legal status. Men are universally conscripted while women undergo selective conscription. Conscription takes place at age 17 and service ends at 30. Children of the political elites are exempt from conscription, as are people with bad songbun"
So, we get one claim that conscription for men is a rarity (zero out of sample of hundreds) and another that it is universal with rare exemptions. What gives? 2001:18C0:957:BD00:20B7:A69B:4676:7105 (talk) 09:13, 3 October 2024 (UTC)
- I posted the above prior to registering an account on Wikipedia, hence the bare IP address. PierreNormandH (talk) 09:18, 3 October 2024 (UTC)