# The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas. The dictatorship is also subjecting its people to more forced labour while further restricting their freedoms. The UN Human Rights Office found that the North Korean state had tightened control over “all aspects of citizens’ lives”. At least six new laws have been introduced since 2015 that allow for the death penalty. Escapees told UN researchers that executions are carried out by firing squads in public to discourage people from breaking the law.
UN report finds North Korea execute more people for watching foreign films and TV