Chop fresh gist wey dey shake ground for North Korea! E get as e be when people dey waka for streets, and dem dey watch South Korean shows like say na crime be that. Na wetin Amnesty International talk as dem release report wey show as North Koreans dey face serious wahala for just watching movies and listening to music from South Korea. No be small matter o!
According to testimonies wey dem gather, plenty people wey watch drama like ‘Crash Landing on You’, ‘Descendants of the Sun’, and even ‘Squid Game’ fit face execution! Yes o, execution! Dem go just carry dem go labour camp or even worse, public disgrace. This na the kind of fear wey dey on top people mind for North Korea as dem no fit freely enjoy good entertainment.
Interview wey dem do with escapees show say many pipo dey face extreme punishment for small matter wey hunger dey chase dem to watch wetin dem no suppose watch. Na wetin Sarah Brooks, wey be Amnesty’s Deputy Regional Director, talk. She say the whole thing dey show how dem dey enforce some kind laws wey no make sense, wey fit make you lose your life just because of show wey you watch. Meanwhile, if you get money or connection, maybe e go save you for wahala!
As e dey be now, plenty pipo still dey manage watch these South Korean shows, even as dem sabi say na big risk. Dem dey carry these shows enter North Korea for USB wey dem smuggle from China, and dem dey watch am like dem dey catch cruise on their ‘notetels’ – that na laptop wey get screen. E funny but e dey serious as dem sabi say dem fit collect big punishment if dem catch you.
For 2020, dem come introduce Anti-Reactionary Thought and Culture Act wey outright ban all South Korean content. Dem dey talk say e dey scatter people’s revolutionary spirit or wetin dem call am. The law dey carry severe punishment like 5 to 15 years for anyone wey dey watch or possess these movies. If you dey share am or organize group viewing? My brother, na execution be that! For real, as we dey talk so, some pipo don already face this gbege as dey don dey chop punishment for listening to K-pop like those guys wey dey sing from BTS.
Escapee tales no get as e dey sweet; one person talk say authorities dey always drag schoolchildren go watch public executions as part of wetin dem dey call “ideological education.” Na so dem go dey educate dem with fear, make dem sabi say to watch South Korean media fit lead to serious punishment, sometimes na for temporary warning and sometimes for long-term yawa.
Na wah o, the kind suppression wey dey happen for North Korea no be am at all. Pipo dey risk everything to enjoy small entertainment, and the reports don show say this fear and oppression load for the minds of pipo wey just wan live normal life. This kind matter fit make person shed tear, because wetin no suppose lead to death dey turn to real life issue. Pipo just wan watch TV and enjoy as dem dey bribe dem to make am easy. Na so e be for North Korea surely!
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