{"id":323671,"date":"2026-03-31T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T10:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=323671"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:37:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:37:04","slug":"pyongyang-man-sentenced-to-over-12-years-for-watching-south-korean-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/pyongyang-man-sentenced-to-over-12-years-for-watching-south-korean-content\/","title":{"rendered":"Pyongyang man sentenced to over 12 years for watching South Korean content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A Pyongyang man was sentenced to more than 12 years in prison at a public trial held in mid-March in the city&#8217;s Songyo district after investigators found he had spent years watching banned South Korean videos and music in violation of North Korea&#8217;s laws against &#8220;reactionary ideology and culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;For years, a man in the Songyo district and his family members had been watching videos containing &#8216;reactionary ideology&#8217; that undermines our socialist system,&#8221; a source in the North Korean capital told Daily NK recently.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The man had been sheltered by a relative holding a senior position in the Ministry of Social Security until neighborhood watch unit members reported his illegal activities early this year. He was arrested following a subsequent investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Investigators found flash drives and other portable memory devices containing videos of defectors, South Korean movies and television programs, and songs by South Korean singers. All the files had innocuous names but contained prohibited content when opened. The attempt to disguise the files was treated as an aggravating factor in the case.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Police in Songyo district classified the incident as serious and conducted the investigation for nearly two months before the public trial was held in mid-March. The relative who held a senior position in the Ministry of Social Security attempted to make the case go away, but by then the investigation had progressed too far and the trial proceeded despite those efforts.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><strong>Senior official&#8217;s intervention fails as trial proceeds<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The trial was held in the conference room at the Songyo district courthouse with officials from local government offices in attendance. Speaking in somber tones, the judge itemized each of the man&#8217;s crimes, including his rejection of the socialist system and his importation and propagation of &#8220;reactionary ideology and culture&#8221; from abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The judge sentenced the man to 12 years and four months in prison for &#8220;deliberate, repeated and aggravated criminal acts&#8221; under the Criminal Procedure Act and the Reactionary Ideology and Culture Exclusion Act. The man&#8217;s family members were also forcibly relocated from Pyongyang to Changjin county in South Hamgyong province.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The judge stated that the harsh sentence was intended as a warning to others, a remark that reportedly produced an awkward silence in the courtroom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">The case has since triggered a wider security crackdown. &#8220;After this case and a series of crimes involving &#8216;reactionary ideology and culture&#8217; that have been reported since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Social Security has instructed police at all levels to ratchet up their surveillance,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Police officers have responded by sternly warning the public and urging them to report others or turn themselves in.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20260327-1\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- Daily NK \u2014 A Note to Readers \u2014 End of Article Pattern -->\n<div style=\"background:#1a1a1a;border-top:3px solid #cc0000;padding:0;margin-top:32px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">\n  <div style=\"padding:20px 24px 24px;\">\n\n    <!-- Header row -->\n    <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:14px;\">\n      <span style=\"background:#cc0000;color:#fff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:3px 8px;flex-shrink:0;\">A Note to Readers<\/span>\n      <div style=\"flex:1;height:1px;background:#333;\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Intro line -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;color:#fff;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 12px;\">Reporting from inside North Korea<\/p>\n\n    <!-- Body -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px;color:#bbb;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 16px;\">\n      Daily NK operates networks of sources inside North Korea who document events in real-time and transmit information through secure channels. 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