A new report finds that North Korea significantly increased executions during the Covid-19 pandemic, targeting individuals for consuming South Korean media and other foreign cultural content.
A report released Tuesday indicates that North Korea significantly increased the number of executions during the Covid-19 pandemic, citing offenses such as the consumption of South Korean media and other foreign cultural content.
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