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[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 1 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

the funny part is how Wikipedia describes it.

[–] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

It says:

She was the first South Korean director who was allowed to visit North Korea after Korean War without being charged for treason by South Korea, because she has a German passport. She gave up South Korean citizenship and took the German one just for making this documentary and getting a visa and the permission of shooting from North Korea

The phrasing is a bit odd, but the reference goes to a DW article, the subheading of which is:

A new film made by Sung-Hyung Cho attempts to give outsiders an insight into life in North Korea. The director, who even had to give up her South Korean nationality to shoot the film, spoke to DW about the project.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

that odd phrasing is what's funny to me because it struggles to find a neutral tone for a clearly authoritarian policy.

i didn't look at the dw article.

[–] DeepSpace9mm@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Yeah it is rather funny the more I read it. Like, just copy the article language or paraphrase it quickly. Reminds me of reading state ballot measures in the us.