UN Report: North Korea Increasing Executions for Watching Foreign Media Under Kim Jong Un
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Summary
A UN Human Rights Office report based on over 300 interviews with North Korean escapees reveals that the Kim Jong Un regime has intensified human rights abuses, including increased use of the death penalty for watching foreign media, expanded forced labor programs, and tighter control over all aspects of citizens' lives. The report documents a significant deterioration in human rights conditions over the past decade.
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The dictatorship, which remains largely cut off from the world, is also subjecting its people to more forced labour while further restricting their freedoms
Life under Kim Jong Un's rule has become tougher and people are more afraid, the report claims
The report is based on more than 300 interviews with escapees from Kim Jong Un's secretive regime.
