{"id":49525,"date":"2021-09-17T15:58:58","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T06:58:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49525"},"modified":"2021-09-17T16:09:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:09:49","slug":"violators-north-korea-anti-reactionary-thought-law-punishment-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/violators-north-korea-anti-reactionary-thought-law-punishment-families\/","title":{"rendered":"Violators of N. Korea&#8217;s anti-reactionary thought law face punishment along with their families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans caught importing or distributing foreign media content inside their country face being executed or sent to political prison camps with their families, Daily NK has learned. The country&#8217;s authorities are generating an atmosphere of fear by sticking to an outmoded system of \u201cguilt by association.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a telephone conversation with Daily NK on Thursday, a source in North Korea said people who have imported recordings, videos, propaganda, printed materials, radios or books from South Korea \u201cthat could become illegal means of reactionary agitation\u201d face execution. \u201cOr, they get dragged off with three generations of their family to a political prison camp run by the Ministry of State Security,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47492\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47492 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/\ubc18\ub3d9\uc0ac\uc0c1\ubb38\ud654\ubc30\uaca9\ubc951_\ub85c\uace0-300x263.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/\ubc18\ub3d9\uc0ac\uc0c1\ubb38\ud654\ubc30\uaca9\ubc951_\ub85c\uace0-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/\ubc18\ub3d9\uc0ac\uc0c1\ubb38\ud654\ubc30\uaca9\ubc951_\ub85c\uace0-696x610.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/\ubc18\ub3d9\uc0ac\uc0c1\ubb38\ud654\ubc30\uaca9\ubc951_\ub85c\uace0-480x420.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/\ubc18\ub3d9\uc0ac\uc0c1\ubb38\ud654\ubc30\uaca9\ubc951_\ub85c\uace0.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An image showing a portion of the explanatory material for the anti-reactionary thought law. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Materials providing a summary of the anti-reactionary thought law, which were<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/exclusive-daily-nk-obtains-materials-explaining-specifics-new-anti-reactionary-thought-law\/\">\u00a0obtained by Daily NK earlier this year<\/a>, say that bringing in or distributing movies, recordings, videos or books from South Korea is punishable by up to life in a forced labor camp or death, depending on the severity of the crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the law specifies life in a forced labor camp, violators are apparently being sent to political prison camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law&#8217;s explanatory material makes no mention of sending violators to camps with their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople who distribute imported South Korean media content to other people also face execution,\u201d said the source. \u201cOr, they face imprisonment with their families at a political prison camp run by the Ministry of Social Security.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of State Security and Ministry of Social Security operate separate systems of political prison camps. If you are sent to a camp run by the Ministry of State Security, you are likely never getting out. At camps run by the Ministry of Social Security, however, model prisoners at least have the possibility of being released.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities appear to be taking the importation of foreign media more seriously than its distribution inside the country. However, they clearly intend to eliminate people who conduct import and distribution activities as part of broader efforts to stem the spread of information from the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, North Korea is severely punishing people who possess or watch material related to South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-49527 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Table-747x420.jpg 747w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><strong>View a larger .pdf file of this table\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Tabl2-.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNot all violators of the anti-reactionary thought law are sent to political prison camps,\u201d said the source. \u201cDepending on the severity of their crime, they can receive other punishments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople who possess media content from South Korea are regarded as having watched them, regardless of how many days they had them in their possession,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe violator himself is sent to life in a labor camp while his family is exiled to a hard-to-live place.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If someone is caught watching South Korean videos, their punishment depends on the number of videos in their possession and the types of videos, the source further explained, adding: \u201cThe violator can get a maximum of life in a labor camp, while family members living with him [or her] get exiled.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law&#8217;s explanatory material states that people who watch, listen or possess South Korean movies, recordings, videos, books, music, drawings or photos face five to 15 years in a labor camp. Meanwhile, those who watch or encourage others to watch media from \u201cenemy countries\u201d like the United States or Japan can face life in a labor camp or death, depending on the severity of the crime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the law&#8217;s explanatory material makes no mention of exiling the families of the criminals. North Korea\u2019s criminal code does not mention the exiling of families, either.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46725\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46725\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46725 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\uc5f4\ubcd1\uc2dd-\uae40\uc815\uc740-\ub9ac\ubcd1\ucca0-\ubc15\uc815\ucc9c-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"ri pyong chol\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\uc5f4\ubcd1\uc2dd-\uae40\uc815\uc740-\ub9ac\ubcd1\ucca0-\ubc15\uc815\ucc9c-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\uc5f4\ubcd1\uc2dd-\uae40\uc815\uc740-\ub9ac\ubcd1\ucca0-\ubc15\uc815\ucc9c-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\uc5f4\ubcd1\uc2dd-\uae40\uc815\uc740-\ub9ac\ubcd1\ucca0-\ubc15\uc815\ucc9c-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\uc5f4\ubcd1\uc2dd-\uae40\uc815\uc740-\ub9ac\ubcd1\ucca0-\ubc15\uc815\ucc9c.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46725\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the leadership podium during the Party Foundation Day military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2020. \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, people with past infractions related to the possession or distribution of foreign media content &#8211; and who are caught possessing or watching South Korean videos following the implementation of the law last year &#8211; are \u201cunconditionally\u201d sent to political prison camps. This, the source claimed, reflects the North Korean leadership\u2019s efforts to \u201cmercilessly\u201d punish reoffenders.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose who aid [in the importation, distribution, or possession of foreign media content] face seven to 10 years of forced labor,\u201d said the source. \u201cPeople with three past offenses are sent to political prison camps.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLikewise, watching or distributing videos from enemy countries like the United States or Japan can get you life in a labor camp or 10 years of forced labor,\u201d he continued, adding, \u201cHowever, reoffenders are just sent to political prison camps.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law&#8217;s explanatory material calls the United States and Japan \u201cenemy countries\u201d and stipulates a minimum of 10 years of forced labor and a maximum of death for importing or distributing media from those nations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, North Korea is operating a \u201cunified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior\u201d to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-ramps-up-crackdowns-non-socialist-anti-socialist-behavior-border-region\/\">crack down on violations<\/a> of the anti-reactionary thought law. Daily NK understands that the unified command is in the midst of arresting many people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faced with shortages of facilities to incarcerate violators, North Korea is also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-orders-expansion-political-prison-camp-system\/\">expanding its political prison camp system<\/a>. In fact, Daily NK has found that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/number-inmates-north-korean-political-prisons-increased-at-least-20000-since-march-2020\/\">new camps have appeared<\/a> in Sungho-ri and Pyongsan County, North Hwanghae Province, over the last couple of months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c%ed%8c%90-%ec%97%b0%ec%a2%8c%ec%a0%9c-%e5%8d%97-%ec%bd%98%ed%85%90%ec%b8%a0-%ec%9c%a0%ec%9e%85%c2%b7%ec%9c%a0%ed%8f%ac%ec%9e%90-%ea%b0%80%ec%a1%b1-%ec%a0%95%ec%b9%98\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans caught importing or distributing foreign media content inside their country face being executed or sent to political prison camps with their families, Daily NK has learned. 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