Parents whose children are found watching foreign films will be imprisoned for six months...
Digital Desk: North Korea, a socialist regime headed by supreme leader Kim Jong Un, has peculiar norms and laws. In an effort to tighten its grip over Western media, North Korea has threatened to punish parents if their children are seen watching Western-produced films and television shows, according to sources in the country.
As per the new guidelines, parents of children discovered watching foreign films will be sent to labour camps for six months, while youngsters will be imprisoned for five years.
In the past, parents might get away with a harsh warning if their children were detected with foreign media. But, no leniency will be granted to parents whose children are exposed to Western society this time.
There is also greater pressure on parents to "correctly" educate their children on communist beliefs.
An unidentified source from North Korea told Radio Free Asia that parents were issued strong warnings during their weekly Inminban - obligatory neighbourhood monitoring unit meetings.
"The meeting's host emphasised parental responsibility, stating that children's education begins at home. If parents do not educate their children daily, they will "dance and sing of capitalism and become anti-socialists," as stated by the source.
Anyone seen dressing "like a South Korean" will face a six-month sentence, as will their parents. The crackdown is motivated by a fear that North Korea's younger population is growing exposure to the values and norms of other countries.
Smuggling Western publications across the border could even result in execution. Last year, the country killed two high school students for watching South Korean and Hollywood films. The two teenagers were executed in front of onlookers at a city airfield. Importantly, viewing or distributing Korean dramas, colloquially known as K-dramas, is strictly prohibited in North Korea.
As part of its assault on popular Korean entertainment, the government outlawed outside information and influence in 2020.
Anyone seen dressing "like a South Korean" will face a six-month sentence, as will their parents. The crackdown is motivated by a fear that North Korea's younger population is growing exposed to the values and norms of other countries.
Smuggling Western publications across the border could even result in execution. Last year, the country killed two high school students for watching South Korean and Hollywood films. The two teenagers were executed in front of onlookers at a city airfield. Importantly, viewing or distributing Korean dramas, colloquially known as K-dramas, is strictly prohibited in North Korea.
As part of its assault on popular Korean entertainment, the government outlawed outside information and influence in 2020.
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