{"id":50013,"date":"2021-12-01T14:27:57","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T05:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50013"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:32:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T05:32:30","slug":"north-korean-middle-school-student-sentenced-14-years-forced-labor-watching-south-korean-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-middle-school-student-sentenced-14-years-forced-labor-watching-south-korean-film\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean middle school student sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching S. Korean film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A middle school student was recently sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching just five minutes of a South Korean film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The heavy sentence, which has sparked controversy in the country, comes as North Korea\u2019s government continues to emphasize the need to promote \u201cideological education\u201d among young people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in Yanggang Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that on Nov. 7, a 14-year-old middle school student in Hyesan \u2014 identified only by his middle name of Han \u2014 was arrested after watching the South Korean film \u201cThe Man from Nowhere.\u201d He said the student was sentenced to 14 years of forced labor, despite being busted just five minutes into the film.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to explanatory material for North Korea\u2019s law against \u201creactionary\u201d thought and culture obtained by Daily NK, Article 27 calls for anywhere from five to 15 years of forced labor for individuals caught watching, listening to or storing South Korean films, recordings, edited material, books, songs, drawings or photos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The law does not explicitly call for punishing teenagers, but Han\u2019s harsh sentence suggests that the law is being applied in full to minors as well. The long sentence also appears aimed at sending a message; namely, teens will get no passes on account of their youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also noteworthy is that Han received such a heavy sentence despite watching just five minutes of the film. North Korean authorities \u2014 aware that South Korean films and TV programs are quite popular among North Korean youth \u2014 may be trying to generate a climate of fear by applying the law to the letter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_50014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50014\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50014 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/\uc544\uc800\uc528-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/\uc544\uc800\uc528-1.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/\uc544\uc800\uc528-1-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/\uc544\uc800\uc528-1-696x435.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/\uc544\uc800\uc528-1-672x420.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-50014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;The Man from Nowhere&#8221; movie poster \/ Image: Movie poster capture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September, the Supreme People&#8217;s Assembly adopted a law to strengthen youth education, calling for bolstered ideological education. Since then, North Korean media outlets have been engaged in a propaganda effort calling for an intensive struggle against anti-socialist and non-socialist behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The student\u2019s parents could also face punishment as they would be \u201cguilty by association.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, articles 34 to 38 of the September education law calls for fines of KPW 100,000 to 200,000 if \u201cirresponsible\u201d educational efforts result in young people committing crimes related to \u201creactionary thought and culture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, rather than simply paying a fine, offenders could instead be exiled or dragged off to a political prison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, a teenage male in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province, was exiled with his parents to a rural region in February <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/teenage-boy-caught-watching-pornography-exiled-countryside-family\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after he got caught watching porn at home.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since last year, North Korean authorities have opened three new political prison camps in Sungho-ri and Pyongsan County in North Hwanghae Province and Pihyon County in North Pyongan Province. People imprisoned in these new camps have been found guilty of violating the law against \u201creactionary\u201d thought and culture, including those who watched foreign TV programs or films, or who used foreign-made cell phones. Some have even been imprisoned along with their families.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said that recently, the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-renames-organization-tasked-cracking-down-non-socialist-behavior\/\">unified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior<\/a>\u201d has been busier than ever. He added that with Han, the middle school student, receiving such a heavy sentence, the authorities will likely come down hard on his parents, too, believing his \u201cbloodline\u201d to be a problem.<\/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\/%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%eb%8b%b9%ea%b5%ad-%e5%8d%97%ec%98%81%ed%99%94-5%eb%b6%84-%ec%8b%9c%ec%b2%ad%ed%95%9c-%ec%a4%91%ed%95%99%ec%83%9d%ec%97%90-%ec%a7%95%ec%97%ad-14%eb%85%84-%ec%a4%91%ed%98%95\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A middle school student was recently sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching just five minutes of a South Korean film. The heavy sentence, which has sparked controversy in the country, comes as North Korea\u2019s government continues to emphasize the need to promote \u201cideological education\u201d among young people.\u00a0 A source in Yanggang Province [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":50014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,1360],"tags":[3243],"class_list":["post-50013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-society","tag-crime-corruption"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. Korean middle school student sentenced to 14 years of forced labor for watching S. 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