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also that we started to educate people on how wounds can get infected, how deadly diseases are if not prevented and treated and we adopted hygiene and sterility precautions in hospitals

a long life is not necessarily a good one and some contributions and trade ie Medicinals, Antibiotics, etc were not caused by Stalin

Correlation not Causation

Stalin was probably the worst communist leader when he was alive. Not a good example.

the north korean citizens that are still there are under the threat of Prison or Execution if they mouth off to tourists or media

and the tourists and media see what the DPRK wants them to see

one lying defector doesnt mean they are all lying we also have videos and photos smuggled in and out of the backstreets of the DPRK give them a peep

If the defectors are biased, there are no unbiased sources