Two North Korean teenage boys have been sentenced to 12 years of hard labour for watching K-dramas.
According to a BBC report on Thursday, the video which showed the boys being convicted appeared to be filmed in 2022.
In the video, the boys can be seen being restrained with handcuffs in front of a large crowd of students at an open-air stadium.
K-drama is short for ‘Korean drama’ which pertains to television series created in South Korea. The series seems to be filmed in 2022.
The video includes a narrator saying, “The rotten puppet regime’s culture has spread even to teenagers. They are just 16 years old, but they ruined their own future,” BBC reports.
There is currently a ban on South Korean entertainment, including television shows, in North Korea.
However, some individuals are willing to take the chance of facing severe consequences to watch K-dramas, which enjoy immense popularity worldwide, particularly in Nigeria.
In 2022, one of the most-watched series on Netflix Nigeria is “Alchemy of Souls,” a Korean drama.
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