According to Kim’s mandate, children in North Korea are not allowed to watch Western movies; if they do, their parents will be arrested and paid.
North Korea has now threatened to arrest parents if their kids are seen watching Hollywood movies and TV shows in an effort to step up its grip on Western media
North Korea has now threatened to arrest parents if their kids are seen watching Hollywood movies and TV shows in an effort to step up its grip on Western media. Nowadays, it is illegal for kids in North Korea to view Western films or television shows. Here, the dictator Kim Jong issued a decree warning that both parents and children could face imprisonment if they watched Hollywood films or television shows. Also, their parents will be forced to work as labourers and sent to labour camps for a period of six months.
North Korea already forbids the viewing of Western films and television shows, but up until today, the penalties were not very severe. Only youngsters who watched the movie up until this point were subject to punishment. It has now been announced that the youngsters and their parents will both get harsh punishment. For up to five years, children will be penalised.
It was stated that parents should occasionally watch what their children were watching when the new law was announced at a meeting in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Children who are not properly raised at home by their parents will have a positive view of capitalism and turn out to be anti-socialists.
Children in North Korea are already prohibited from seeing foreign movies or television shows. Formerly, only the parents of the children received a pass after receiving a warning; however, under the new rule, both the youngster and the parents will face harsh penalties for the first offence.
This caution applies to all media, not just movies. Any foreigner, especially one from South Korea, who is caught singing, dancing, or discussing a traditional dance in North Korea will receive a six-month sentence along with his or her parents. On December 6, two North Korean high school students received death sentences earlier that day. Both students were between the ages of 15 and 16, according to a report.
In front of the throng, he was shot in the open. Both students gave their buddies a variety of Korean dramas. In reality, hostility exists between North and South Korea. As a result, North Koreans are unable to watch South Korean television shows and films.
According to a report, insiders inside the Hermit Kingdom claim Pyongyang has implemented “Inminban”, a required neighbourhood watch gathering via which the regime’s directives are disseminated to neighbourhoods. Parents will be informed that those caught with smuggled movies will no longer receive leniency from the state. Parents will also receive warnings from the Inminban for failing to raise their kids properly in accordance with Kim Jong Un’s socialist beliefs.
Significantly, Kim enforces a wave of stricter regulations relating to dancing, talking, and singing, so it is not just movie buffs who are the target. Anyone caught acting “like a South Korean” will also receive a six-month sentence, as well as their parents. Parents who allow their children to watch Hollywood blockbusters will face imprisonment in North Korea.
The “Inminban” meeting’s host places a strong focus on parental accountability and claims that education for kids starts at home. If parents do not constantly teach their kids, the presenter claims, they will dance and sing about capitalism and turn out to be anti-socialists. Anyone found guilty of transporting foreign material risks being executed, while those who watch foreign films toil away in prison camps.
