Since taking power in 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gradually sought to reverse the spread of foreign media, especially those from South Korea, within his borders. 

This initially involved increasing campaigns against so-called unsocialist activities and latterly involved a massive expansion in laws that were highly repressive in design. 

These laws promise long incarceration sentences for people found to be consuming South Korean media, and even the death penalty, for those engaged in organized distribution of it. Some of the reporting from inside the country also indicate public show trials and severe punishments