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His fellow travelers say this was impossible, the “recording” was fake, and the timestamps are at a time when he wasn’t even in the hotel. Why would you assume n. Korea is being honest here?

I would not say that I would assume that North Korea is being honest but what makes you think that his fellow travelers are being honest either?

His fellow travelers were from many different countries

One might even argue that the stupidity began when he decided to visit NK.

I don't think it really makes sense to talk about "laws" for places like North Korea, as it's not a rule of law state.

Nice victim blaming.

It's no more victim blaming than being honest about what happens to people who visit Singapore with pot.

yeah for sure, because otherwise NK has fantastic relations with USA!