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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
- Saturday September 13, 2025
- World News | Reuters
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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North Korea Deepens Repression With More Surveillance, Executions: UN Report
- Friday September 12, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a UN human rights report said on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Executes 2 Women Who Helped People Escape To South Korea: Report
- Sunday September 22, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The women were charged with assisting other North Koreans in China to escape to South Korea.
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Public Executions, Forced Labour Camps: Kim Jong Un's Worst Brutalities
- Wednesday September 4, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, has long been a figure of international controversy, fear and condemnation. His regime, marked by severe human rights abuses and ruthless governance, has committed some of the most horrific atrocities.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kim Jong Un Executes 30 Officials For Failing To Prevent Deaths During Floods: Report
- Wednesday September 4, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
In July, severe rainfall triggered landslides and flooding in North Korea, affecting over 4,000 homes and leaving 15,000 residents displaced.
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www.ndtv.com
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22-Year-Old Killed In North Korea For Watching K-Pop: Report
- Friday June 28, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
North Korea enforces strict control over information and entertainment, imposing severe punishments for violations.
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www.ndtv.com
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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
- Thursday March 30, 2023
- World News | Reuters
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Two North Korea Teens, 16 And 17, Executed For Watching K-Drama: Report
- Tuesday December 6, 2022
- World News | Edited by Abhimanyu Kulkarni
North Korea executed two high school students for watching South Korean and American movies, a report said.
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www.ndtv.com
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K-Pop Videos Got 7 Executed Under North Korea's Kim Jong Un: Report
- Friday December 17, 2021
- World News | Reuters
In the 10 years since Kim Jong Un came to power, North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the country, leaving many defectors without hope of seeing their families and homeland again.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Trying To Hide Executions: Rights Group Raises Alarm
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea has tried to stop leaks to the outside world about its public executions in recent years, suggesting Pyongyang may be responding to international scrutiny of its human rights record, a Seoul-based research group has said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kim Jong Un "Displayed Executed Uncle's Headless Body", Claims Trump
- Friday September 11, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The headless body of Kim Jong Un's executed uncle was displayed to senior North Korean officials, US President Donald Trump told the author of an upcoming book on the US president.
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North Korean Envoy, Said To Be Executed, Is Alive: South Korean Lawmaker
- Wednesday July 17, 2019
- World News | Reuters
A North Korean nuclear envoy who steered talks before a failed summit with the United States in February is alive, a South Korean legislator said on Tuesday, contradicting a South Korean news report that he had been executed.
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"They Like To Blame Kim Jong Un": Trump On North Korean Execution Reports
- Thursday June 6, 2019
- World News | Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the aftermath of a failed Hanoi summit and lamented that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was blamed too quickly.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea "Executed" Envoy, 4 Others After Failed Trump Summit: Report
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea executed its special envoy to the United States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kim Jong Nam Murder Not A Prank, Say Prosecutors
- Thursday June 28, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The assassination of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader was not a prank, Malaysian state prosecutors said Thursday, insisting it was a "carefully planned and executed" murder using a UN-banned poison.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Executes People For Sharing Foreign Films, TV Series: UN Report
- Saturday September 13, 2025
- World News | Reuters
North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on personal freedoms, a U.N. human rights report said on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Deepens Repression With More Surveillance, Executions: UN Report
- Friday September 12, 2025
- World News | Reuters
Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive country in the world, a UN human rights report said on Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Executes 2 Women Who Helped People Escape To South Korea: Report
- Sunday September 22, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
The women were charged with assisting other North Koreans in China to escape to South Korea.
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www.ndtv.com
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Public Executions, Forced Labour Camps: Kim Jong Un's Worst Brutalities
- Wednesday September 4, 2024
- World News | Edited by NDTV News Desk
Kim Jong Un, the Supreme Leader of North Korea, has long been a figure of international controversy, fear and condemnation. His regime, marked by severe human rights abuses and ruthless governance, has committed some of the most horrific atrocities.
-
www.ndtv.com
-
Kim Jong Un Executes 30 Officials For Failing To Prevent Deaths During Floods: Report
- Wednesday September 4, 2024
- World News | Edited by Ritu Singh
In July, severe rainfall triggered landslides and flooding in North Korea, affecting over 4,000 homes and leaving 15,000 residents displaced.
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www.ndtv.com
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22-Year-Old Killed In North Korea For Watching K-Pop: Report
- Friday June 28, 2024
- World News | Edited by Nikhil Pandey
North Korea enforces strict control over information and entertainment, imposing severe punishments for violations.
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www.ndtv.com
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"North Koreans' Right To Life Greatly Threatened": South Korean Report
- Thursday March 30, 2023
- World News | Reuters
North Korea executes people for drugs, sharing South Korean media, and religious activities as it stifles its citizens' human rights and freedom, its rival, South Korea, said in a report on Thursday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Two North Korea Teens, 16 And 17, Executed For Watching K-Drama: Report
- Tuesday December 6, 2022
- World News | Edited by Abhimanyu Kulkarni
North Korea executed two high school students for watching South Korean and American movies, a report said.
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www.ndtv.com
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K-Pop Videos Got 7 Executed Under North Korea's Kim Jong Un: Report
- Friday December 17, 2021
- World News | Reuters
In the 10 years since Kim Jong Un came to power, North Korea has cracked down on people trying to get out of the country, leaving many defectors without hope of seeing their families and homeland again.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea Trying To Hide Executions: Rights Group Raises Alarm
- Thursday December 16, 2021
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea has tried to stop leaks to the outside world about its public executions in recent years, suggesting Pyongyang may be responding to international scrutiny of its human rights record, a Seoul-based research group has said.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kim Jong Un "Displayed Executed Uncle's Headless Body", Claims Trump
- Friday September 11, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The headless body of Kim Jong Un's executed uncle was displayed to senior North Korean officials, US President Donald Trump told the author of an upcoming book on the US president.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korean Envoy, Said To Be Executed, Is Alive: South Korean Lawmaker
- Wednesday July 17, 2019
- World News | Reuters
A North Korean nuclear envoy who steered talks before a failed summit with the United States in February is alive, a South Korean legislator said on Tuesday, contradicting a South Korean news report that he had been executed.
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www.ndtv.com
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"They Like To Blame Kim Jong Un": Trump On North Korean Execution Reports
- Thursday June 6, 2019
- World News | Reuters
U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday appeared to cast doubt on news reports of North Korean executions as part of a purge in the aftermath of a failed Hanoi summit and lamented that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was blamed too quickly.
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www.ndtv.com
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North Korea "Executed" Envoy, 4 Others After Failed Trump Summit: Report
- Friday May 31, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
North Korea executed its special envoy to the United States following the collapse of the second summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper reported Friday.
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www.ndtv.com
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Kim Jong Nam Murder Not A Prank, Say Prosecutors
- Thursday June 28, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The assassination of the estranged half brother of North Korea's leader was not a prank, Malaysian state prosecutors said Thursday, insisting it was a "carefully planned and executed" murder using a UN-banned poison.
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www.ndtv.com