North Korea: Rare footage shows teens sentenced to hard labour over K-drama
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Footage obtained by BBC Korean shows two 16-year-old boys handcuffed and sentenced to hard labour.

In 2020, however, Pyongyang enacted a law to make watching or distributing South Korean entertainment punishable by death.

A defector previously told the BBC that he was forced to watch a 22-year-old man shot to death. He said the man was accused of listening to South Korean music and had shared films from the South with his friend.

  • tardigrada@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    I guess whoever made this footage and made it available to Western media may have risk their lives. Everything else than govrrnment propaganda is strictly prohibited in countries like North Korea.

    Just one recent information:

    North Korea Events of 2023 - Freedom of Expression and Information

    In March and April [2023], authorities reportedly conducted public trials in Ryanggang province under the law. One trial targeted 17 young people for watching unsanctioned videos and using South Korean language. One leader of the group was sentenced to 10 years of forced labor. In another trial, 20 youth athletes were sentenced to three to five years of forced labor for using South Korean vocabulary.