News from outside disappears in North Korea

Despite setbacks in efforts to spread outside news in North Korea, Lee Young-hyeon, a defector-turned-lawyer in South Korea, ...
AOL

North Korea executing more people for watching foreign films and TV, UN finds

The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found. The dictatorship, ...
Reuters

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

GENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on ...
UPI

U.N. report: North Korea executes citizens who watch foreign films

Sept. 12 (UPI) --North Korean leaders have ordered the executions of their citizens for watching foreign films and television shows, according to a U.N. Human Rights Office report. The U.N. report ...
The Atlantic

What's Next for North Korea

On Sunday night -- Monday morning in Pyongyang -- North Korean state television announcers sobbed their way through announcing news that Kim Jong-Il had died. The 69-year-old lead had a heart attack ...