Recently surfaced footage showsNorth Koreaparading aroundteenage girlsand forcing them to apologize after they were caught consuming foreign media.
HighlightsNorth Korea paraded and humiliated teenage girls for watching foreign media.The girls were forced to apologize in a public denunciation session.The footage was broadcast across North Korea as a warning to citizens.
Having watchedSouth Koreanmedia, including South Korean drama shows, the girls were put on display and forced to apologize.
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The released video shows a young girl — only identified as Choi — breaking down intearsas she was positioned in front of themicrophone.
“I made the mistake of listening to and distributing impure published propaganda,” she said in the hearing before being led away in handcuffs.
KBS reported that the video was broadcast all overNorth Koreaas an “educational” warning to its citizens.
Those caught violating these laws can face punishments such as public shaming, prison, and even thedeath penalty.
The Kim Jong Un regime sees South Korean media as a threat to its ideological purity and has heightened restrictions in recent years.
Earlier this year, two teenage boys were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for distributing K-dramas
Two 16-year-old boys were handcuffed in front of hundreds of students at an outdoor stadium. Soldiers chastised them for not “deeply reflecting on their mistakes.”
Thisfootage, which appeared to have been filmed in 2022, is rare due to North Korea’s rule that photos, videos, and other evidence of life cannot be leaked to the outside world.
Despite this rule, some are prepared to face severe consequences to access foreign shows, especially Kdramas, which have amassed a huge audience.
North Korea’s rigid control over media has only intensified since the pandemic.Laws that target foreign cultural products such as media and South Korean slang have been enacted, dubbed as “evil law.” These were made to ensure loyalty to the regime.
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