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North Korea executes people for sharing foreign films and TV: UN report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, pictured here with daughter and heir apparent Kim Ju Ae [Handout/Korean Central News Agency via Reuters]

North Korea has further tightened its grip on its population over the past decade, executing people for activities like sharing foreign TV dramas, according to a major United Nations report.

The UN Human Rights Office said on Friday that tech-enabled state repression under the Kim dynasty, which has governed with absolute power for seven decades, had grown over a decade of “suffering, repression, and increased fear”.

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