A North Korean man has been sentenced to death by firing squad.
This happened after he smuggled a digital copy of the Netflix hit movie ‘Squid Game’ which was released some months ago into the country.
Reporters say, the man is a student who brought the series back on a hidden USB drive from China.
The website stated that the North Korean man has since been sentenced to death by firing squad;
“Another student, who brought a drive, has reportedly been handed a life sentence, while six others who watched the show have been sentenced to five years hard labour,“.
Sources also informed Radio Free Asia that both teachers and school administrators have also been fired and sent to work in coal mines or banished to some parts of the country.
Under the recently-passed law, any person found keeping, watching or, distributing media from capitalist countries, particularly from South Korea and the U.S, may be sentenced to death.
North Korea’s state media has slammed Squid Game, saying it is an example of the “beastly” nature of “South Korean capitalist society where mankind is annihilated by extreme competition.”
