Posts Tagged ‘Brian Gleason on double defection’
Press Conference as Discursive Battleground: Pyongyang’s Evolving “Double Defector” Propaganda
As the case of the “Laos Nine” reverberates, Brian Gleason examines the motivations and tactics behind Pyongyang’s recent move to place “redefectors” front and center in the public discourse within North Korea itself in the second installment of a two-part series.
Overwhelmed by Guilt: Pyongyang’s Evolving “Double Defector” Propaganda
Brian Gleason shows how instances of double defections are being slyly used by the North Korean regime for propagandistic effect.
Double Defectors: Signifiers of Pyongyang’s Strategic Shift
Are these people spies? Genuine defectors fooled into returning? Or defectors making a rational choice based on their experiences of discrimination in the Republic of Korea? Brian Gleason investigates.
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