{"id":53441,"date":"2022-12-16T10:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53441"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:52:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:52:20","slug":"two-north-korean-university-students-given-15-years-prison-watching-south-korean-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/two-north-korean-university-students-given-15-years-prison-watching-south-korean-movies\/","title":{"rendered":"Two N. Korean university students given 15 years in prison for watching S. Korean movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In late November, two North Korean university students in Nampo received a public trial\u00a0 for watching illegal South Korean movies and were sentenced to 15 years in prison, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK source in South Pyongan Province said Tuesday that two students at the Nampo University of Education, both of whom are in their 20s, \u201cwere given a public trial in a stadium late last month for violating the law to eradicate reactionary thought and culture.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the trial was held in front of about 500 university students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the trial marking the second anniversary of the enactment of the law to eradicate reactionary thought and culture (officially known as the DPRK Law Rejecting Reactionary Ideology and Culture), the head of the city branch of the Ministry of Social Security and other cadres took direct part in the trial, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Classmates in the same year as the accused individuals, along with other students from the university, reportedly stood lined up in the front row during the public trial.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the two students had been handed over for trial after undergoing a six-month preliminary examination (the entire process of interrogation and investigation leading up to the indictment) following their arrest in late May on charges of watching South Korean movies and televised singing contests, as well as distributing the materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cSince they experienced such a long interrogation and investigation process, they appeared thin and tired at their public trial,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the trial, the students were accused of \u201cclosing their doors and watching South Korean videos while the rest of the country was waging a desperate struggle against the [COVID-19] virus.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>COURT TAKES ISSUE WITH THE IDEOLOGICAL CONVICTIONS OF THE STUDENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their accusers noted that at the time of their alleged offense, North Korea had enacted its maximum emergency epidemic control system to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak, with even universities suspending classes and students going into home quarantine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The court claimed the students watched a film that depicted North Korean police and South Korea\u2019s national intelligence agency coming together to investigate a case and overcome other difficulties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took issue with the students\u2019 ideological convictions, accusing them of criticizing the North Korean police in the film and supporting and laughing at the South Korean \u201cpuppet clique.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the students were accused of distributing the illegal videos to other classmates on USB cards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Condemning many young people for allegedly becoming \u201cstranglers in the revolution, caught up in momentary complacency and pleasure, rather than protecting the socialist system when the nation is struggling,\u201d the court sharply criticized families and society for failing to properly educate the youth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the two students were ultimately sentenced to 15 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMany people reacted to the sight of them stooping their heads low and trembling with frustration and regret, wondering why [the students] had watched something they could&#8217;ve avoided,\u201d he 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