BBC defends putting students’ lives at risk by using university class as ‘human shields’ on covert trip to North Korea

Some of the university students who travelled to North Korea with a covert BBC reporter have received threats from the communist state since returning to the U.K., the London School of Economics says, as the broadcaster faces a barrage of criticism for its tactics.
The university claims the students were used as “human shields” on the trip and key information was withheld from them.
“We have received complaints from North Korean authorities – and some of the students who went on the trip have received threats. They have received letters,” the university’s director told The Guardian newspaper.
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