North Korea Executes A 22-Year-Old Man For Listening To South Korean K-Pop

Posted • June 29, 2024: North Korea publicly executed a 22-year-old man for allegedly listening to South Korean K-pop. According to the 2024 Report on North Korean Human Rights by South Korea, the man was executed in 2022. The man reportedly listened to 70 South Korean songs, watched a few videos, and shared the material. The K-pop ban is to shield North Koreans against the "malign influence" of Western culture. The rule was tightened under a new law adopted by North Korea in 2020, which reportedly prohibits "reactionary ideology and culture.