A prominent North Korean defector who fled a prison camp and became the face of international efforts to hold the country accountable for widespread human rights abuses has changed important parts of his life story.
Author Blaine Harden said in a statement on his website that he has pressed Shin Dong-Hyuk to "explain why he had misled me" during interviews for Harden's book on Shin, "Escape from Camp 14."
North Korea tried to discredit Shin late last year as it fought a U.N. General Assembly resolution that backed the findings of a groundbreaking U.N. commission of inquiry into Pyongyang's human rights abuses. Read more...
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