Resurfaced footage has revealed how North Korean girls get publicly humiliated and punished for watching South Korean media.
The tape shows a public shaming session in a large auditorium, where scores of young North Koreans are lined up in front of military men and berated for their ‘crimes.’
One young girl, identified only as Choi, was seen weeping as she was dragged in front of the crowd.
According to a translation by KBS Media, which obtained the footage, she said: ‘I made the mistake of listening to and distributing impure published propaganda.’
She is then led away in handcuffs.
Kim Jong Un‘s government has had an iron grip on information coming in and out of North Korea for decades, expressly forbidding its citizens from consuming foreign news, music, films, and TV.
Anyone caught violating the severe restrictions can face serious consequences, including imprisonment and even death.
In 2023, South Korea’s Unification ministry reported that defectors witnessed public executions of young adults who watched K-dramas and listened to K-pop.
