UTC The fact that there dont appear to be any of course For the sake of the argument let me outline why I consider the story to be incredible though not necessarily false  Why were his parents permitted to have sex  Why was he not aborted like other babies  Why was he kept alive Children are not costeffective as slaves in the early years  Why was he kept in the camp when he could have been transferred to an orphanage   If he was dishonest about his mothers death how can his honesty on anything else be assumed  How could they afford to maintain an electric fence when they couldnt afford to feed border guards  Why was a military uniform a passport to travel through the country when military service is compulsory What did Shin do when questioned about his unit or purpose given his ignorance of the DPRK  How was Shin able to trade travel survive and escape better than the average North Korean given his ignorance  Why would a hungry border guard let him through in exchange for food and cigarettes when the guard could capture him pocket the food and cigarettes and gain a reward for capturing a traitor and prison escapee  Given the long and largely unguarded border why would he need to deal with a guard at all  Finally given that by his own admission he has next to no experience of North Korea outside bizarre prison experience how can it be established that he has ever been to North Korea and is not an ethnic Korean from China I am sure that the book makes an attempt to explain some of these issues but this is circular logic Such an incredible story would not be accepted so readily if it did not concern North Korea  For various reasons there are special DPRK Rules which cause most people to suspend their critical judgement when assessing negative stories about the country I fail to see why I who unapologetically do not suspend my critical judgement am subject to the onus of proof  I rest my case    May