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[igotthisguitar]

Public Executions In N.Korea On The Rise
By KWANG-TAE KIM, Associated Press Writer
Mon Nov 26, 2:34 PM ET

SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea has resumed frequent public executions, among them a factory chief accused of making international phone calls who was shot in a stadium before 150,000 spectators, a South Korean aid group said Monday.



Public executions had declined since 2000 amid international criticism but have been increasing, targeting officials "accused" of drug trafficking, embezzlement and "other crimes", the Good Friends aid agency said in a report on the North's human rights.

In October, the North executed the head of a factory in South Pyongan province for making international calls on 13 phones he installed in a factory basement, the aid group said. He was executed by a firing squad in a stadium before a crowd of 150,000.

Six people were crushed to death and 34 others injured in an apparent stampede as they left the stadium afterward, the aid group said.



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[Milwaukiedave]

I saw that story on Yahoo as well. It's very sick and disturbing.

[igotthisguitar]

What sort of message does this send to the rest of the world?

Especially as an apparently "big push" toward north (south) unfication / integration occurs?

Many questions clearly are raised, not the least of which is:

Will South Korea one day celebrate similar public executions?