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And according to Zinda, it all started with Kim’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung. And she goes on to say it’s all part of the North Korean legacy of public displays of grief and emotion. In many ...
February 1974: Two South Korean fishing vessels are sunk and 30 crew detained by the North. [citation needed] June 1974: Three North Korean gunboats attacked and sank a Korea Coast Guard patrol craft (863) in the Sea of Japan near the maritime demarcation border. 26 South Korean coast guardsmen killed.
Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification. ISBN 978-89-8479-802-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2018. Lankov, Andrei (2007). North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5141-8. — (2015). The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia. Oxford ...
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea. It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissent, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict practiced Juche ideology. [1]
Kim Jung Wook (alternative spelling: Kim Jong Uk) [9] 8 October 2013. In detention. 3,912. Unknown, possibly connected with Christian missionary work. Alleged activities as a "South Korean National Intelligence Service agent". [10] [11] Joo Won Moon. 22 April 2015.
June 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM. By Michelle Nichols. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -Life for North Koreans is a "daily struggle devoid of hope," the United Nations human rights chief told a Security Council ...
NK News is an American subscription-based news website that provides stories and analysis about North Korea. Established in 2011, it is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea with reporters in Washington, D.C., and London. [1] Reporting is based on information collected from in-country sources, recently returned western visitors to North Korea ...
North Korea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world, with the government able to take strict control over communications. North Korea sits at one of the lowest places of Reporters Without Borders ' 2024 Press Freedom Index, [1] ranking 177 out of the 180 countries investigated. All media outlets are owned and controlled by ...