![]() It is reported that both resorts use snow blowers made by Areco, a Swedish company, which have been imported in violation of international sanctions. ![]() North Korea’s two largest ski resorts, Yangdok and Masikryong resorts, have now been covered in artificial snow as they prepare for domestic visitors this winter, including wealthy individuals with internal travel permits, as well as organized groups from exemplary factories and schools as part of the reward structure deeply rooted in the nation’s socialist system. THE ULTIMATE CHRISTMAS SKI TRIP: NORTH KOREAN SKI RESORTS OPEN AMIDST COVID LOCKDOWN Radio Free A sia - Student Sentenced to Death The arrest of the seven students sets precedent in North Korea by executing its newly passed law on the “Elimination of Reactionary Thought and Culture” in cases involving minors, which carries a maximum penalty of death for watching, keeping, or distributing media from capitalist countries, particularly from South Korea and the United States.Īs the authorities are keen to learn about how the smuggled drives reached the North despite border closures during the pandemic, “ are engulfed by anxiety, as the seven will be mercilessly interrogated until the authorities the bloody winds of investigation and punishment will soon blow”.įollowing this incident, the authorities began to scour markets for memory storage devices and video CDs containing foreign media, and “residents are all trembling in fear because they will be mercilessly punished for buying or selling memory storage devices, no matter how small”. It is reported that the censors in 109 Sangmu, a government strike force specializing in catching illegal video watchers (officially known as the Surveillance Bureau Group 109), had received a tipoff in relation to the sharing of the drive among students. ![]() Also, one of the characters is a North Korean escapee and they can relate to her”. The source further said that “ not only resonates with the rich people, but also with Pyongyang’s youth, because they are drawn to the unusually violent scenes. the show’s plot kind of parallels their own reality, where they know they could be executed at any time if the government decides to make an example out of them for making too much money, but they all continue to make as much money as possible”. However, a source told Radio Free Asia that one of the students “with rich parents was able to avoid punishment because they bribed the authorities with $3,000 USD”.Ī resident from a northern city of Pyongyang commented that “ is similar to the lives of Pyongyang officials who fight in the foreign currency market as if it is a fight for life and death. The student who bought the drive received a life sentence and six other students caught watching the show were sentenced to five years of hard labor, while teachers and school administrators were fired and banished to work in remote mines as a result. ![]() NORTH KOREAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SELLING COPIES OF SQUID GAME TO STUDENTSĪ man who smuggled copies of the global TV hit “ Squid Game” from China into North Korea was sentenced to death by firing squad after he sold a USB flash drive containing the series to a high school student. The price of sugar has also jumped from 13,000 won to 25,000 won”.ĭue to the lack of food imports following the suspension of trade with China at the beginning of the pandemic, Radio Free Asia reported that the nation is struggling to scrape together enough sugar and the market is running out of eggs altogether. As a result, the already scarce supply of flour and sugar has doubled in price, for instance “the price of one kilogram of flour has jumped from 12,000 won ($2.40 USD) to 30,000 won ($6 USD). In the past, candies were only supplied to expectant mothers and students in daycare and elementary schools, but the Kim Jong-un administration has expanded candy distribution to every North Korean child since 2019.Īn additional tax of 5,000 won is imposed on each household while each family is ordered to donate an egg as part of the nationwide baking project. The tradition of distributing candies to children on or around the North Korean leaders’ birthdays dates back to the era of the nation’s founder, Kim Il-sung. THE GREAT CHRISTMAS BAKE OFF: NORTH KOREA DEMANDS PEOPLE PAY FOR CANDIES FOR KIM JONG-UN’S BIRTHDAYĪt a time when the country is struggling with one of the worst food crises in history, local governments in North Korea are forcing starving citizens to pay for raw confectionery ingredients after the central government ordered that each province must produce and supply confections as gifts for children from Kim Jong-un for his birthday on January 8th.
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