Pyongyang: North Korea is ready to toughen the punishments against children who watch Hollywood movies and series and parents who allow it. Foreign films were already banned in the country. Earlier, the practice was to send a warning to those violating the ban.
But the toughening of the punishments is part of the toughening of the law, reports the Mirror.
Children who violate the ban and watch foreign films will be jailed for up to five years. The parents who arranged to see the movie will have to spend six months in a labor camp.
At the same time, there are reports that those who bypass the ban and smuggle foreign films into the country may face death penalty.
Along with movies, foreign songs and other art forms are banned. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said that he will take strict measures against those who sing foreign songs and those who step on them.
International media report that behind this is the fear that the children of the country will change their way to foreign culture.
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