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North Korea is executing citizens, including schoolchildren, for watching South Korean television shows such as Squid Game and listening to K-pop music, global human rights organization, Amnesty International has said.
According to the report, poorer North Koreans are far more likely to face execution or lengthy prison sentences, while wealthier citizens are able to evade punishment by bribing security officials.
In a damning report, the human rights organization said testimonies from escapees reveal a brutal system of repression in which access to foreign media is treated as a capital offence, with punishments often determined by wealth and political connections, according to NDTV.
Amnesty International said people caught watching South Korean dramas or listening to K-pop are subjected to arbitrary punishments ranging from long-term forced labour to public execution. In several cases, children were reportedly forced to watch executions as a warning against consuming foreign content.
Amnesty International also reports that public executions are routinely used as tools of “ideological education,” with students and entire communities forced to attend.
