I wonder what would be the results if a different strategy was employed. What if defectors were told that KIS is good and KJI is bad? What if they were told the truth about Kim Il-sung's death, a plot in which Jong-il had a hand in according to one document that I recently read.

If the brainwashed North Koreans were to beleive that KIS was good and KJI is evil, then maybe an underground channel could start the grapevine that would ultimately turn into a noose around KJI's neck.

Perhaps the middle son could then take over as the people's choice.

I'm still angry at the South Korean reporters in this video for not even attempting to intervene.

I also wonder how those who choose to "freely return to North Korea" do so. If caught at the border by North Korean guards then wouldn' they be sent to prison even though they were coming back?

There are several reasons, one of the most powerful of which is that they have family there.

The other big one is more difficult for someone raised in a free society to understand: the power of brainwashing. They have never known anything else, so even when they are shown what should be overwhelmingly convincing evidence that contradicts what they've been told all their lives – they won't allow themselves to believe it. AND…even after they've accepted the truth…it's still hard for them.

I have spoke with many North Korean defectors. I remember asking one (who had been in South Korea for several months by this point) – "So what do you think of KIS and KJI now that you've had a chance to learn the truth about them?"

He said conceptually, he understood that it was all a lie…but he just couldn't get himself to think disparagingly about KIS and KJI. He said, "Even though I know the truth…it still hurts when I hear people say bad things about them."

And this was a guy who had lost several family members to starvation and his older brother died in a gulag.

The brainwashing they receive is extremely powerful and effective…I can't think of any other way to describe it.