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Reunification and conciliation are usually portrayed as South Korean concepts, while North Korea is seen as a closed state, hostile to such talk on "idealistic grounds" – a view perpetuated by media outlets' lack of interest in all recent North Korean initiatives. In fact it is almost impossible to find any piece of positive European journalism relating to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). The days of cold war pantomime journalism and great ideological battles might be over, but North Korea remains an area in which journalists have free licence for sensationalism and partiality.
The lack of western sources in North Korea has allowed the media to conjure up fantastic stories that enthrall readers but aren't grounded in hard fact. No attempt is made to see both sides of the Korean conflict: it is much easier and more palatable to a western audience to pigeonhole the DPRK as a dangerous maverick state ruled by a capricious dictator and South Korea as its long-suffering, patient neighbour.
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lolguardian
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> Grauniad
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Must be satire? > The lack of western sources in North Korea has allowed the media to conjure up fantastic stories that enthrall readers but aren't grounded in hard fact. No attempt is made to see both sides of the Korean conflict:
No western sources in North Korea because North Korea is CLOSED CLOSED CLOSED. People starving so massive ego driven leaders can drink Champagne n Scotch and dine on the best every night.
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Can you imagine the backlash if the Mail had published something similar, perhaps about Nazi Germany?
Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 minutes after the original post[^][v]#338,986
Granted, they've made some token efforts to improve relations, but it's easy to cast them as a deranged maverick state because they are one.
You only need to look at half the crazy stuff Kim Jong-il did to see that the country's reputation is well-earned. A good, stable country doesn't have leaders who go around kidnapping people to make their own communinsy godzilla movie.
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