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North Korea increases executions of citizens for watching Hollywood movies or listening to K-pop songs

More and more North Koreans are being sentenced to death for consuming audiovisual material that has not passed through Pyongyang's filters.. In North Korea, watching and distributing foreign films, ...
KCRW

Public Execution of North Korea's Second in Command

Last week's sudden execution of North Korea's second most powerful official has led to conflicting interpretations. Jang Song-thaek was Kim Jong-un's uncle by marriage and North Korea's closest friend ...
UPI

U.N. report: North Korea executes citizens who watch foreign films

Sept. 12 (UPI) --North Korean leaders have ordered the executions of their citizens for watching foreign films and television shows, according to a U.N. Human Rights Office report. The U.N. report ...

As its ruling party turns 80, an emboldened Kim Jong Un shows off North Korea’s new hypersonic weapon, ICBM

North Korea showed off a new hypersonic glide vehicle and intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) at a military parade late Friday, as it marked 80 years of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.