South Korean journalists sentenced to death in DPRK

A Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) court has sentenced two South Korean journalists and their publishers to death for “seriously insulting the dignity” of the country by reviewing and interviewing the British authors of a book about life in the country, according to its state media the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

KCNA said, “The Central Court of the DPRK declares that Dong-A Ilbo journalist Son Hyo Rim and Director General Kim Jae Ho and Chosun Ilbo reporter Yang Ji Ho and Director General Pang Sang Hun will be sentenced to capital punishment under the DPRK Criminal Code.”

The execution will be carried out at any time and any place without any follow-up procedures after the objects are confirmed, the DPRK side declared.

(CGTN)