Reply #21: This doesn't pass the common sense test

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""There are no people with physical defects in North Korea," Ri told members of the New Right Union, which groups local activists and North Korean refugees.

He said babies born with physical disabilities were killed in infancy in hospitals or in homes and were quickly buried."

Even if this was true, it would hardly eliminate "people with physical defects", as these can be due to many causes long after birth e.g. injuries or developmental problems that occur during later maturation. The claim doesn't make sense, so it's probably a lie.

"Kim Young-sun is a survivor of the North's Yodok prison camp, notorious for its forced labor and life-sentences for people charged with conspiring against the Kim Jong-il leadership."

This sounds like Guantanamo Bay, notorious for its forced feeding and life sentences for people changed with conspiring against the Bush leadership.