North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report
North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report
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North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report
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If we find you watching Alien: Earth, we will take you out.James Heenan, head of the UN Human Rights Office for North Korea, told a Geneva briefing that the number of executions for both normal and political crimes had increased since COVID-era restrictions.
An unspecified number of people had already been executed under new laws imposing the death penalty for distributing foreign TV series, including the popular K-Dramas from South Korea, he added.