UN: More put to death for sharing foreign TV


Pyongyang has execu­ted people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a UN human rights report said.

Surveillance has grown more pervasive since 2014 with the help of new technologies, while punishments have become ­harsher – including the introduction of the death penalty for offences such as sharing foreign TV dramas, the report said Friday.

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