North Korean authorities reportedly held a public trial for two women accused of undergoing illegal breast augmentation and the doctor who performed the surgeries.

Footage aired by the state-run Korean Central Television showed a North Korean female singer with a "bowl haircut" performing ...

The North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas, a major UN report has found.

More and more North Koreans are being sentenced to death for consuming audiovisual material that has not passed through Pyongyang's filters.. In North Korea, watching and distributing foreign films, ...

The North Korean government is increasingly executing civilians, including people found to be consuming unapproved foreign media, according to a report from the United Nations Human Rights Office.

GENEVA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - North Korea has executed people for distributing foreign media, including television shows like popular South Korean dramas, as part of an intensifying crackdown on ...

GENEVA (Reuters) -Repression in North Korea has deepened across many areas, with heightened surveillance, expanded use of forced labour and more frequent executions, making it the most restrictive ...

Sept. 12 (UPI) --North Korean leaders have ordered the executions of their citizens for watching foreign films and television shows, according to a U.N. Human Rights Office report. The U.N. report ...