[struggle]

I suspect these two have probably been raped several times and NK is trying to hide it by keeping the girls away from authorities.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Rape is already a foregone conclusion, first by the KPA border guards on the Tumen River at the scene.

Once they got to Pyongyang under the closer control of the KWP there, they were probably cut some slack, but if it occured (highly likely) the damage has already been done.