Video footage revealing a severe crackdown in North Korea has emerged, showing two 16-year-old teenagers being sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for the consumption of K-pop – a prohibited form of entertainment in the totalitarian state. The rare and publicly held trial reflects the government's escalating war on foreign influences, particularly from South…
North Korea has for years imposed tough sentences on anyone caught enjoying South Korean entertainment or copying the way South Koreans speak in a war on outside influences since a sweeping new "anti-reactionary thought" law was imposed in 2020.
North Korean authorities publicly sentenced two teenagers to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-drama. A footage was released by the South and North Development Institute which works with North Korean defectors. The footage, which shows the two 16-year-olds in Pyongyang convicted of watching South Korean movies and music videos, was released by the South and North Development (SAND) Institute., World News, Times Now