I don’t think they necessarily had any intent on paying out the money, but if they did 10k is peanuts for this kind of organization. We can say it’s just a sign all we want but Otto went on a restricted floor to find it. He could have probably bought a souvenir poster in a store if he wanted to, but he didn’t.
is carefully rehearsed
Yes, but that’s how press statements are. Everyone rehearses them and reads from a script they just pretend they don’t.
This is stuff we more or less easily accept when it happens elsewhere but as soon as it happens in the DPRK everyone instantly becomes a sleuth. As if things that happen in the DPRK are naturally more mysterious because the forest spirits are stronger there or something.
The initial statement someone gives to the press is often rehearsed, but answers to questions from the media usually aren’t. A media-trained person might come off as poised or pivoting to some talking points, but that’s very different from what appears to be a fully-scriped answer.
I don’t think they necessarily had any intent on paying out the money, but if they did 10k is peanuts for this kind of organization. We can say it’s just a sign all we want but Otto went on a restricted floor to find it. He could have probably bought a souvenir poster in a store if he wanted to, but he didn’t.
Yes, but that’s how press statements are. Everyone rehearses them and reads from a script they just pretend they don’t.
This is stuff we more or less easily accept when it happens elsewhere but as soon as it happens in the DPRK everyone instantly becomes a sleuth. As if things that happen in the DPRK are naturally more mysterious because the forest spirits are stronger there or something.
The initial statement someone gives to the press is often rehearsed, but answers to questions from the media usually aren’t. A media-trained person might come off as poised or pivoting to some talking points, but that’s very different from what appears to be a fully-scriped answer.