North Korea executes teens for distributing foreign films

Ronan — Thu, 08 Dec 2022 06:55:03 +0000

Terrified residents expressed grave shock as North Korean authorities publicly executed three teenagers by firing squad including two who allegedly watched and distributed South Korean movies, says a report.

A third teenager was accused of murdering his stepmother, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported on Dec 2 quoting witnesses.

The officials in the ultra-communist pariah state have claimed that the crimes committed by teens aged around 16 or 17 were "equally evil" and forced the shocked residents of Hyesen city near the border with China to watch the executions.

"They said, ‘Those who watch or distribute South Korean movies and dramas, and those who disrupt social order by murdering other people, will not be forgiven and will be sentenced to the maximum penalty-death,'" said a local resident.

North Korea executes teens for distributing foreign films

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

Ronan — Thu, 17 Mar 2022 06:50:18 +0000

Saudi Arabia on Saturday executed 81 people convicted of crimes ranging from killings to belonging to militant groups. It was the largest known mass execution carried out in the kingdom in its modern history.

The number of executed surpassed even the toll of a January 1980 mass execution for the 63 militants convicted of seizing the Grand Mosque in Mecca in 1979. It was the worst-ever militant attack to target the kingdom and Islam's holiest site.

It wasn't clear why the kingdom chose Saturday for the executions. However, they came as much of the world's attention remained focused on Russia's war on Ukraine — and as the US hopes to lower record-high gasoline prices as energy prices spike worldwide.

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution

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North Korea executes teens for distributing foreign films

Saudi Arabia puts 81 to death in its largest mass execution