People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

Hark-Joon Lee

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One colleague who's been in the industry longer than I had been gave me a valuable piece of advice. "Stay close to the facts and observe things fully and report. Then you can be a mediocre journalist." I held onto his words when I worked and I've been following that advice for 16 years.

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I agree strongly that no story is more valuable than someone's life.

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I think I was able to endure risks not because I was ambitious about great stories but I was curious as a journalist.

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It is natural for us to pay attention to North Korea and human rights issues of North Korean defectors but I wish people would not try to create stars. The reality is different from Hollywood movies.

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