North Korea 'executes children in public for watching Squid Game and listening to K-pop giants BTS'

North Korea is said to be publicly executing children for watching South Korean TV shows and listening to K-pop music.

In new testimonies gathered by the human rights organisation Amnesty International, North Koreans who fled the authoritarian country said that consuming globally popular South Korean media and pop culture can lead to extreme punishments - like being sent to labour camps or being publicly humiliated - and even death.

Defectors described a climate of fear in which South Korean culture is treated as a serious crime, while wealthier families can sometimes avoid punishment by paying bribes to corrupt officials...