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World Service,4 mins

Is it ok to poke fun at North Korea?

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A recent UN report on North Korea gave little doubt about life there. It compared the regime to Nazi Germany, with experts saying North Koreans had suffered 鈥渦nspeakable atrocities鈥�. So why then is the country a regular target of comedians and satirists 鈥� and is this ok? Alastair Gale is the Wall Street Journal's Korea bureau chief.

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