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Is it ok to poke fun at North Korea?

A recent UN report on North Korea gave little doubt about life there. It compared the regime to Nazi Germany, with experts saying North Koreans had suffered 鈥渦nspeakable atrocities鈥. So why then is the country a regular target of comedians and satirists 鈥 and is this ok? Alastair Gale is the Wall Street Journal's Korea bureau chief.

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