‘Kim Jong-un’s spread of fear politics’ North Korea publicly executed the captain of the US broadcaster

US media reports of smugglers executed by currency exchangers
Concerns about human rights in North Korea spread in the US

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[아시아경제 뉴욕=백종민 특파원] A North Korean fishing boat captain was recently executed for listening to Free Asian Broadcasting (RFA) radio, American media reported.

On the 21st (local time), political media The Hill quoted RFA that a North Korean fishing boat captain in his 40s admitted that he had listened to RFA for more than 10 years and was publicly executed while 100 other captains were watching. RFA is broadcasting to North Korea with the support of the US authorities.

The RFA reported this on the 17th, four days ago. RFA cited an official from the North Korean judicial authorities, saying, “In mid-October, the captain of a fishing boat in Chongjin was shot on charges of listening to RFA regularly for a long period of time.” I was working at a fishing base,” he said.

RFA reports have raised concerns that public executions are spreading in North Korea. The public execution proves that a politics of terror is taking place amid the blockade caused by the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19).

Smugglers who violate the COVID-19 quarantine guidelines, Pyongyang’s big money changer and executives who stole strategic supplies are known to have been executed. North Korean troops also killed South Korean officials and burned their bodies in the west sea.

As concerns over improving human rights in North Korea continued, the UN General Assembly adopted the North Korean Human Rights Resolution on the 16th for 16 consecutive years.

New York = correspondent Baek Jong-min [email protected]