The DPRK Central Court has sentenced two reporters and the chairmen of two South Korean newspapers to “capital punishment" for reporting on the release of a newly translated book about North Korea, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Central Court of the DPRK condemned the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo for reporting on the book “North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors,” a Korean language version of which was published in mid-August.
The DPRK Central Court has sentenced two reporters and the chairmen of two South Korean newspapers to “capital punishment" for reporting on the release of a newly translated book about North Korea, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Thursday.
A spokesperson for the Central Court of the DPRK condemned the Chosun Ilbo and the Dong-A Ilbo for reporting on the book “North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors,” a Korean language version of which was published in mid-August.
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