Executions rose sharply in North Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Seoul-based NGO. From January 2020 to the end of 2024, at least 153 people were executed or sentenced to death - a sharp increase from 44 people in the five years before the pandemic, according to a report by the Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG). Some of the most common offences were related to religion, superstition and foreign cultural content - including the consumption of K-dramas and K-pop. The

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