Death penalty in North Korea Man executed for listening to K-Pop
A 22-year-old man was executed in North Korea for listening to unauthorized K-pop music. This is reported by a North Korean defector.
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- A man was executed in North Korea for listening to unauthorized music.
- A North Korean defector reports on this case.
- According to experts, the infiltration of South Korean popular culture into North Korean society could pose a threat to the Kim dynasty.
This news is causing horror: A 22-year-old North Korean was publicly executed for watching and sharing South Korean movies and music. This is according to a new report on human rights in North Korea, which contains statements from 649 North Korean defectors.
According to the testimony of an unnamed defector, the young man from the southern province of Hwanghae was publicly executed in 2022 for listening to 70 South Korean songs and watching and distributing three films, reports the Guardian. In doing so, he violated a North Korean law from 2020 that bans "reactionary ideology and culture".
According to the report, other examples of a crackdown by the dictatorship in North Korea include punishments for "reactionary" practices such as wearing white dresses, the bride being carried by the groom, wearing sunglasses or drinking alcohol from wine glasses.
According to experts, the infiltration of South Korean popular culture into North Korean society could pose a threat to the ideology that demands absolute loyalty to the "infallible" Kim dynasty.