North Korea is Tighting its grip on its population, Accordance to a Human Rights Report by the United Nations. Thanks to New Technology, North Koreans Are Under Increasing Surveillance. In Addition, The Number of Offenses Punishable by The Death Penalty Has Been Further Expanded.
The un reporters Call North Korea “The Most Repressive Country in the World” in Their Report. The State Controls Large Parts of the Lives of North Koreans. The Limited Freedom That Still Exists is Being Eroded Further.
For Example, The Penalties for Violations Are Becoming More Severe, The Researchers Write. Just Following or Sharing Foreign Movies and TV Series is Punishable by The Death Penalty.
The Report Covers Developments in North Korea Since 2014. To create the report, the reporters Spoke with Three Hundred Witnesses and Used the Stories of North Korean Refugees.
Those Questioned State that the number of executions has tasks off since 2020, but do not mention number. A North Korean Woman Who Fled in 2023 Told the BBC That Three of Her Friends had Been Executed for Possessing South Korean Content.
Furthermore, The Exiled North Koreans Speak of Food Shortages, Especiate Turn the Corona Period. Due to Scarcity, Poor Families, Orphans and Homeless People are also Increasingly Being Recruited for (Forced) Labor on Construction sites and in Mines.
In The Previous Un Human Rights Report from More Thans Ten Years Ago, Rapporteurs Already Established that the North Korean Regime is Committing Crimes Against Humanity. Since then, partly due to modern technology, The Population Has Come Under Even More Surveillance and Control by the State.