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Rare footage shows North Korean teens being sentenced in front of hundreds of their peers, getting 12 years of hard labour for watching South Korean videos (www.bbc.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Sometimes I forget how lucky I am to have been born in another country. I feel awful about what these poor people have to go through.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

this is the kind of shit all authoritans dream of: complete control over everyones lives and forcing people into their information bubble to solidify power

so watch out who you vote for or shit could go downhill fast

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