{"id":49028,"date":"2021-07-16T14:19:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T05:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49028"},"modified":"2021-07-16T14:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T05:28:00","slug":"three-haeju-university-students-brought-court-watching-distributing-south-korean-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/three-haeju-university-students-brought-court-watching-distributing-south-korean-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Haeju university students brought to court for watching and distributing S. Korean videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Three university students in Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, were tried in a public court late last month for watching and distributing South Korean videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in South Hwanghae Province on Wednesday, North Korean authorities publicly tried the three individuals before a crowd gathered in the yard of the Haeju Farm Machine Factory on June 30. They were accused of watching and distributing so-called \u201ccapitalist recorded material (videos)\u201d consisting of South Korean movies and music videos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The crowd included cadres from major government institutions, students from middle schools and universities, as well as local residents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The three defendants were students in their 20s who attend the Haeju University of Education. They were shackled during the trial, where they were charged with regularly gathering together to watch South Korean films and music videos and sharing them with other students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities reportedly sat the parents of the students, the party secretaries of the companies where their parents worked, and even the heads of those companies in the front row. Calling out the names of the students, the names of their parents, and even the details of the families, the court officials slammed all involved, telling them they \u201cwill no longer be able to walk around town with their heads held high.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_39678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39678\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39678\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1-300x182.jpg\" alt=\"Popular media players for watching foreign content in North Korea (left, notel; right, mp4 player\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1-768x467.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1-696x423.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1-691x420.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/02\/\ud1b5\uc77c\ubc29\uc1a1-\ub178\ud2b8\ud154-mp4-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-39678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Popular media players for watching foreign content in North Korea (to the left, a &#8220;notel&#8221;; to the right, an mp4 player). Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to what Daily NK knows so far, when the three students learned that another student had reported them to the authorities, they found and threatened the informant and tried to flee. However, they were arrested based on a tip from the head of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inminban <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(people\u2019s unit), who was keeping an eye on them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of State Security found several USBs with South Korean films, music broadcasts, and music videos in the students\u2019 homes and lockers. However, the students refused to confess to where the content had come from to the very end, further outraging the ministry\u2019s agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the incident, North Korean authorities declared it would immediately send inspection teams to the Haeju University of Education and other universities in the city to root out \u201canti-socialist and non-socialist\u201d behavior among students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities stressed in particular that the struggle against \u201canti-socialist and non-socialist\u201d behavior must be regarded as a political and class struggle, and that the entire nation should \u201cconfess [to illegal activities], report on each other, and monitor each other\u201d to prevent \u201cthe infiltration of the enemy\u2019s reactionary culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the authorities told law enforcement agencies and the \u201cunified command\u201d tasked with inspections and crackdowns regarding \u201cnon-socialist and anti-socialist behavior\u201d that they should demonstrate leadership and creativity to uncover problematic behavior and \u201cmercilessly\u201d punish it. They also warned offenders that they faced \u201cexpulsion from the party, losing their jobs, and even exile.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ed%95%9c%ea%b5%ad-%ec%98%81%ec%83%81%eb%ac%bc-%ec%8b%9c%ec%b2%ad%c2%b7%ec%9c%a0%ed%8f%ac%ed%95%9c-%ed%95%b4%ec%a3%bc%ec%8b%9c-%eb%8c%80%ed%95%99%ec%83%9d%eb%93%a4-%ea%b3%b5%ea%b0%9c%ec%9e%ac\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three university students in Haeju, South Hwanghae Province, were tried in a public court late last month for watching and distributing South Korean videos. 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