North Korean Teenagers Sentenced to Hard Labor for Watching South Korean Pop Songs: Experts Criticize Government’s Extreme Punishment

2024-01-20 05:50:01

In North Korea, 2 teenagers were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for watching South Korean pop songs.

In 2020, the North Korean government enacted a law punishing those who watch South Korean films and music videos with the death penalty.

In this case, 2 school students who were arrested for watching South Korean music videos for 3 months were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor in an open-air cinema in front of more than a thousand students.

Political experts have criticized the North Korean government for releasing the video to threaten the people of the country.