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This is kind of amazing, I was actually, genuinely interested in what the people calling the story "fake" had to say because it's obviously pretty out there and I have no prior knowledge about the source. Everything I got in response to asking for more information was utter dumbfuckery. Also straight up lies about what I said. Good job with the propaganda, Genossen.
You can basically say wharever you want about North Korea and nobody is going to fact check you (hard to do by the way). And every year or so they are some news about something outrageously stupid, like mandating haircuts with dead penalty.
Everybody on the leftist web has prior knowledge of Radio Free Asia.
Even just look at Wikipedia: "Based on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty....with the stated aim of "promoting democratic values and human rights", and countering the narratives and monopoly on information distribution of the Chinese Communist Party, as well as providing media reports about the North Korean government.... Radio Free Europe was a Cold War anti-communist outlet, "Founded during the Cold War, RFE began in 1949 targeting Soviet satellite states,[8] while RL, established in 1951, focused on the Soviet Union. Initially funded covertly by the CIA..."... Both are owned by "USAGM... considered an arm of U.S. diplomacy."
Call me stupid but I don't understand what it is you're arguing. It doesn't seem to have any connection to the claims made here.
Be that as it may, have a nice day, good sir/ma'am.
That it is a well-known fact that Radio Free Asia is a branch of the USA's government that exists to smear the USA's geopolitical rivals.