Sinuiju youths sentenced to labor training over foreign videos
Four unemployed young men in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, were sentenced to labor training after North Korean authorities caught them watching South Korean and Chinese films and dramas during a surprise inspection of a private home. Because the men did not distribute the videos and most of the confiscated content turned out to be Chinese […]
According to a source in North Pyongan province, four unemployed young men in their 20s from Sinuiju's Ryonsang neighborhood were sentenced to labor training for watching foreign films and dramas. The four men had been out of work for over six months. The inspection team targeted the household after it was flagged as suspicious by the local inminban leader, who noted that jobless young men frequently gathered there.
During the inspection, the team seized a computer, cell phone, and storage devices. The men were later arrested, interrogated, and confessed to watching South Korean and Chinese videos over the previous three months. Chinese content constituted the majority of the seized material. The court considered this fact, along with the fact the men did not distribute the videos, and sentenced them to labor training instead of the more severe reform through labor. The young men expressed relief at the relatively lenient punishment.
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