Radio Free Asia has repeatedly put out exaggerated or sensational claims about North Korea, at least some of which have turned out to be false. Nobody is endorsing NK, executions, etc.

If you were to believe them, Kim ate too much cheese and it forced him to disappear, and he died several times. Also he killed an uncle with an anti-aircraft gun, and he reappeared, so he fed him to dogs, then he reappeared again. (These are things they literally reported)

Anyone who enjoys their reporting may also have an interest in Weekly World News.

The issue is that Radio Free Asia isn't a trustworthy source.

They weren't executed.

I'm glad you specified in your first comment on this site that you're not CIA otherwise I would have been suspicious.

Most of these news coming out of north Korea are eventually proven fake. Not condoning NK but most stories are just exaggerated nonsense

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_Dong-hyuk

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/13/why-do-north-k...