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December 09, 2024
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North Korea defends crackdown on foreign media, admits to public executions

DPRK justifies harsh penalties during UN review, in move that expert said seeks to show abuses are not arbitrary

North Korea defended its controversial law dictating harsh penalties for consuming foreign media on Thursday, while admitting that it carries out public executions and imprisons perpetrators of “anti-state” crimes.

The DPRK government made the rare acknowledgement of its crackdown on outside media during the U.N.’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the country in Geneva, which examines the human rights record of member states every four to five years.

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