At least 100 Pyongyang
\ncitizens have been internally exiled to remote mountainous areas after searches
\nrevealed they had viewed or were in possession of South Korean video content or other recorded materials, a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK over the weekend.<\/p>\n
According to the source, crackdowns on filmed content produced overseas have been intensifying \u201cThe formation of groups to suppress video Furthermore, \u201cPeople brought in to the police station for Despite reports that a number of high-ranking cadres were executed Nevertheless, the source confirmed that the forcible exile \u201cThey carried out executions as a warning to others, but Meanwhile, \u201cThose forcibly exiled from Pyongyang can no longer At least 100 Pyongyang citizens have been internally exiled to remote mountainous areas after searches revealed they had viewed or were in possession of South Korean video content or other recorded materials, a Pyongyang-based source told Daily NK over the weekend. According to the source, crackdowns on filmed content produced overseas have been intensifying of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":27115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nof late, and a group formed especially for the purpose of conducting
\nhouse raids has played a part in the exile of over 100 citizens since early March.
\ncontent thought to incite ‘anti-socialist elements,’ like South Korean dramas, is not a new thing. However, it\u2019s now common for teams to show up unexpectedly at someone\u2019s home late at
\nnight to search for these recordings,\u201d the source reported.
\neither viewing illegal material or having it in their possession are only
\nbriefly investigated before being immediately exiled. Over 100 have disappeared
\nin this way in the last two months alone and people are panic-stricken.\u201d
\nby firing squad last year for viewing South Korean videos and \u201cobscene\u201d
\nrecordings, the source conveyed that public executions do not appear to have been ordered this
\ntime around. <\/p>\n
\nof over 100 people in such a short period time for this type of crime is an unprecedented move, and one that shows just how sensitive the North Korean
\nregime is to material produced abroad. <\/p>\n
\neven that didn\u2019t stop the spread of the videos, so now they\u2019ve decided to chase
\nout [the problem]. The authorities
\nemphasize ideological purity, and they can\u2019t change their position,\u201d the source
\nadded.
\nreceive the benefits of living in the capital, like rations, electricity and
\nwater. If you are exiled to the countryside your freedom is instantly suppressed,
\nso people are growing increasingly cautious.
\nTraders who had been planning to secretly sell can no longer make any
\nmention of \u2018items from the neighborhood below [South Korea].\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"