27/04/2013 Reporters

From here in the world's newsroom we send out correspondence to bring you

the best stories. The fake bomb detectors that led to

misery and mayhem will stop - - misery and mayhem. He bought them

for $20 each. He put his own labels on them and sold them as bomb

detectors for $5,000 a time. Rupert Wingfield Hayes meets the North

Korean agents convicted of blowing up a South Korean airliner.

Why is tolerance less open? You can get jailed for up to two

years. It is a British legacy still found in other former colonies.

First we have a report on cynicism and fraud on a scale that caused

tragedy will stop what started life as a novelty golfball finder ended

up taking the life of hundreds. A British businessman convinced

governments in some of the most volatile countries in the world that

it was a bomb detector. This week a man was convicted of fraud. The man

claimed they could also be checked drunks and ivory. His biggest market

was in Iraq. - - drags and ivory. - - drags.

This is how the bogus bomb detector was advertised. The claims were not

backed by science. This businessman became extremely wealthy. He had

houses in Florida and Cyprus. Iraq, a country where bombs are correct,

was the main market for his fake detectors. He sold thousands of fake

detectors to the Iraqi government. He has sold this device for ten

years in countries that have problems with terrorism and

explosions. He has paid no heed to the people that stood on security

checkpoints believing this device worked. He went to Baghdad to

persuade the Iraqis that the device worked. I said if this does not work

I cannot be any part of it. He said it does what it is designed to do.

He said it makes money. He began with a novelty golfball finder. It

was just an aerial on a hinge. He bought hundreds of them. He put his

only able on them. He sold them as on detectors for as much as $5,000

each. He made a more advanced looking version. Police say the only

genuine part of it was the case. This person has come to Jordan for

treatment after suffering from a bomb blast. She lost her baby and

her husband divorced her because of her injuries. How do you feel about

the man who sold these devices? has no conscience. How could he

destroy other people's lives? The businessman left the court and

repentant. You defied the laws of physics. How

can you still defend it? The Iraqis are still using it across Baghdad.

The man who sold it will be sentenced next week.

It is not easy to get an insight into how the North Korean regime

works. But one person with first-hand experience is a former

agent who was convicted of blowing up an aeroplane in 1987. After being

pardoned she now lives in seclusion in South Korea. She has given a rare

interview to our correspondence. These delays are of the young Korean

sailors who were killed three years ago when their vessel was blown up

by a North Korean torpedo. It was just one of the latest in a long

line of attacks by North Korea on South Korean targets. I had been to

talk to a woman who carried out one of the most intravenous attack will

stop - - one of the most infamous attacks. I was told to take down a

South Korean airliner. I was tall and with create chaos and confusion.

The mission would strike a blow for the revolution. In North Korea

everything is about the kingdom. Without you say so nothing can

happen. We were told we were contributing to bringing about the

unification of Korea. How do you deal with your personal feelings of

guilt? When I confessed I did so reluctantly. I felt my family would

be in danger. It was a big decision to confess. That I began to realise

it would be the right thing to do for that at them is. - - for the

victims. Eventually I met with the vet and is families. They were all

in tears. - - the victims families. How do you feel now? There is no

other country like North Korea. People outside cannot understand

that. The whole country is set to show loyalty to the dynasty. People

are indoctrinated. There are no freedoms. When I look back it makes

me feel sad. Why did I have to be born in North Korea? Look at what it

did to me. Gay marriage became legal in France

this week. New Zealand passed a similar law the week before. Many

states in the United States have gone the same way. But in many

countries tolerance is less obvious. Parts of Asia can be quite

conservative. Singapore has a law against sex between men. How

strictly is that law enforced? This is Singapore's one and only

openly gay public figure. He jokes about having sex with another man at

the audience does not always burst into laughter. I had to clear all my

inhibitions. I think there is more tolerance. People understand that

people are just bored differently. - - people are just born differently.

The public attitude has been changing. Thousands of people gather

to support the freedom to love regardless of sexual orientation.

There are even some gay clubs. But by law sex between two men is still

a criminal act. Despite this law these photos were published earlier

this month in a magazine. Media outlets are not allowed to promote

homosexual acts, so these publishers publish their magazine only in

digital form. Sex and relationships, monogamy, all these things that