system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: How do all those horror stories from North Korea, like "Turtle farmer executed because he did not take good care of the turtles" get leaked? Wouldn't giving this information to a western journalist mean certain death?
gpt
Keep in mind also that some of the more sensational news stories often come from South Korean sources, which may not be the most objective in the world regarding North Korea. Some of it may be propaganda. 

For instance, there was a widely circulated story that Kim Jong Un's former girlfriend was executed for engaging in pornography. However, she appeared on TV several months later.