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In October 2001, the North Korean government told the UN Human Rights Committee that "only 13" executions had occurred since 1998 and that no public execution had occurred since 1992. [1] On December 13, 2013, North Korean state media announced the execution of Jang Sung-taek, the uncle by marriage of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. [6]
North Korea publicly executed a 22-year-old citizen for listening to and sharing K-pop music and films, according to South Korea.. The man from the Hermit Kingdom's South Hwanghae province was ...
The Korea Institute for National Unification's 2014 White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea lists twelve public executions between 2004 and 2010 for the crime of murder. Murder victims included lovers, a spouse, a creditor, and a hospital administrator. [2]
North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, a new report says.
In 2007 a UN General Assembly committee adopted a draft resolution, co-sponsored by more than 50 countries, expressing "very serious concern" at reports of widespread human rights violations in North Korea, including public executions. North Korea condemned the draft as inaccurate and biased, but it was still sent to the then 192-member General ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of 15 senior officials this year as punishment for challenging his authority.
The persecution of Christians in North Korea is an ongoing and systematic human rights violation in North Korea. [3] [4] [5] According to multiple resolutions which have been passed by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, the North Korean government considers religious activities political crimes, [6] because they could challenge the personality cult of Kim Il Sung and his family.
People executed by North Korea or North Korean authorities. For people of North Korean nationality who were executed, see Category:Executed North Korean people . Pages in this category should be moved to subcategories where applicable.