North Korean citizens, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching South Korean TV shows such as Squid Game and listening to K-pop, according to new testimony shared with Amnesty International.
The testimony comes from 25 in-depth interviews with North Koreans, including 11 who fled the country between 2009 and 2020, reported the Independent. Most of the interviewees were aged between 15 and 25 at the time they left. Escapees described severe and humiliating punishments, including death in the most extreme cases, for consuming foreign media.
