Tag: executions
N. Korea tightens central control over executions with new supreme court...
North Korea's highest court has tightened its grip on execution procedures as part of a broader campaign to assert central control over the legal...
N. Korea tightens ideological control on nuclear researchers after executions
North Korea recently held a closed-door meeting to tighten ideological controls on nuclear researchers, following the execution of several key scientists working on nuclear...
N. Korea executes young woman in public display meant to deter...
A young North Korean woman was publicly executed by firing squad in late January in Sinuiju, North Pyongan province, following her conviction for murder,...
N. Korea executes nuclear power plant researchers over project failures
North Korean authorities have executed and imprisoned several key researchers involved in nuclear power plant construction, Daily NK has learned.
According to a Pyongyang source...
Source: N. Korean official’s UN comments on executions were party-authorized
North Korea's acknowledgment of public executions at a U.N. human rights review in Geneva this November was carefully orchestrated. The admission came from Pak...
Kim Jong Un orders review of government standards for executions
Kim Jong Un has issued orders to North Korea's security ministries to establish clearer criteria for both public and private executions. These directives were...
N. Korea expands local trade but imposes tighter controls
Regional trade has significantly increased since North Korean authorities began implementing the "20×10 regional development policy." Rising imports are also boosting business in rural...
N. Korea is still carrying out secret executions of alleged spies,...
North Korea’s Ministry of State Security is still carrying out secret executions of people involved in espionage or other “special crimes,” Daily NK has...
