Executed for broadcasting K-pop songs: this is the fate reserved for a 22-year-old North Korean farm worker, writes a South Korean daily Korean Herald, a day after Seoul announced “North Korea Human Rights Report 2024”.
In South Korea, the document is rarely covered in the local press, with the exception of English-language Korean newspapers – a sign of the document’s rather international vocation. The Korea Times summarizes the main points :
“North Korea has stepped up surveillance and punishment of its people, especially the youth, by implementing three so-called ‘evil’ laws to prevent North Koreans from accessing outside information.”
The term “evil” comes from South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which compiled this report based on the testimony of 141 North Korean defectors.
And it’s the first time, explains the Korean Heraldthat the South Korean government publicly confirms that the Kim Jong-un regime has carried out public executions under the 2020 law. “rejection of reactionary ideology and culture”.
“Puppet Style”
This law stipulates a penalty of up to ten years of forced labor for