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In North Korea, any perceived criticism of the country's political leaders is seen as a grave offense. Treason is also taken very seriously; traitorous behaviour may include attempting to escape to South Korea, or simply praising any aspect of South Korean culture. Crossing the northern border into China or Russia is also illegal, but this law ...
35,380 (North Korean claim) North Korea South Korea United States Air Force (North Korean claim) North Korea claims that the U.S. engaged in a large massacre that occurred over a 52 day period in Sinchon, North Korea. [3] [4] Sunchon tunnel massacre: October 1950 Pyongyang 68 North Korea [5] [6] Onsong concentration camp riot massacre May 1987
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea.It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissent, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict the practiced Juche ideology. [1]
Today there are six political prison camps in North Korea, with the size determined from satellite images [29] and the number of prisoners estimated by former prisoners and NGOs. [30] [31] Most of the camps are documented in testimonies of former prisoners and, for all of them, coordinates and satellite images are available.
Human-rights discourse in North Korea has a history that predates the establishment of the state in 1948. Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over individual rights, and that welfare and subsistence rights are important.
Low-slung buildings, blue huts and somber soldiers dot the border village of Panmunjom inside the DMZ, or demilitarized zone, the swath of land between North and South Korea where a U.S. soldier ...
Pages in category "Massacres committed by North Korea" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
On Sept. 6, law enforcement seized about 50,000 rounds of 9-millimeter ammunition — stored in his white Ford van — that he'd allegedly obtained to send to North Korea, authorities said.