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jszymborski

I don't think there are many options here:

- They can't get to X freer country as that's just difficult for all North Koreans

- They likely can't just stop hacking for carrot and/or stick reasons. They are likely closely monitored.

- Maybe some people drink the kool-aid. I'm sure these people are very well compensated.

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They are likely closely monitored

Imagine getting a week of solitary confinement for trying to read a Korea Times article.

https://m.koreatimes.co.kr/pages/article.asp?newsIdx=358723

Also pay the writers, I need another season of severance :'(

I think it's mostly the control from the first 2 points you mention. They are often working from China, where the authorities will not help them. "Well compensated" in North Korea terms means not starving and your family has not yet been sent to a forced labor camp. Escaping means your family suffers terribly.

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