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north koreans living in the south are also basically prohibited from saying anything positive about the dprk to any media outlet. there was recently a “defector” who was persecuted for sharing personal letters from her north korean family on social media…
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors have indicted a North Korean defector who wants to return home on charges of violating a national security law, her lawyer told Reuters.
Kim Ryen Hi, 51, drew international attention in 2015 when she pleaded for deportation, saying she had been tricked by a broker and never intended to leave her homeland. She even reported herself to police as a spy and tried to forge a passport, which brought a suspended prison sentence. . . .
But last week, prosecutors indicted Kim on charges of breaching the National Security Act on several counts, including plotting to escape to North Korea, which the law stipulates as an “anti-government organisation that threatens the existence and security” of the nation or its free democratic order.
A copy of the indictment, which was not made public, was seen by Reuters.
Kim was also accused of possessing and distributing material that praised the North by posting its state media articles and letters from her family on social media.
It’s not just North Korean defectors - as far as I’m aware, the prohibition of saying anything positive about DPRK applies to everyone living in South Korea, though North Koreans are obviously the most discriminated against with this law. :deeper-sadness:
Or is this story just a common one? The KCIA and the brokers seem to be absolutely awful to anyone from the North and will essentially kidnap and imprison them if they manage to find them anywhere outside DPRK (China).
I haven’t seen the hit Netflix show squid game, but apparently there’s a scene where someone asks a dprk defector if it’s better in the south than the north and they just don’t answer which implies it may have been better in the north in her opinion which is like as close as you can get to saying something “good” about the dprk
north koreans living in the south are also basically prohibited from saying anything positive about the dprk to any media outlet. there was recently a “defector” who was persecuted for sharing personal letters from her north korean family on social media…
edit: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-southkorea-defector-idUSKBN29D16S
It’s not just North Korean defectors - as far as I’m aware, the prohibition of saying anything positive about DPRK applies to everyone living in South Korea, though North Koreans are obviously the most discriminated against with this law. :deeper-sadness:
Holy shit!
but muh :freeze-peach:
Is this the same person from the loyal citizens of Pyongyang video?
Or is this story just a common one? The KCIA and the brokers seem to be absolutely awful to anyone from the North and will essentially kidnap and imprison them if they manage to find them anywhere outside DPRK (China).
yeah, i believe it’s the same woman
I haven’t seen the hit Netflix show squid game, but apparently there’s a scene where someone asks a dprk defector if it’s better in the south than the north and they just don’t answer which implies it may have been better in the north in her opinion which is like as close as you can get to saying something “good” about the dprk
Weird how I can’t find any discussion of this incident on :reddit-logo: