According to sources from Amnesty International, North Korea has been punishing citizens who were watching the Netflix series “Squid Game.” The organization reports that teenagers were publicly executed.
Amnesty International says it has heard testimonies from people who fled the country and described punishments such as executions, forced labor and humiliation for those who watched the Netflix series.
The reports say that anyone who watches dramas like “Crash Landing on You” and listens to k-pop is sentenced to death.
“Workers watch openly, party officials watch with pride, security agents watch secretly and police officers watch calmly,” one of the defectors reportedly said.
“Everyone knows that everyone watches, including those who carry out the repression,” the accusation continued.
They also described people being forced to watch public executions as a form of “education.”
In 2021, Radio Free Asia reported that a man had been sentenced to death by firing squad in North Korea for smuggling copies of “Squid Game” into the country and selling them.
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