{"id":318035,"date":"2017-07-19T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2017-07-19T12:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report\/"},"modified":"2017-07-19T13:28:50","modified_gmt":"2017-07-19T12:28:50","slug":"north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea conducts public executions for theft, watching South Korea media: report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-rights-idUSKBN1A4035\"><strong>Reuters<\/strong><\/a><br \/>July 19, 2017<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"33\"><strong>North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution, a report issued on Wednesday said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"34\">The report, by a Seoul-based non-government group, said the often extra-judicial decisions for public executions are frequently influenced by \u201cbad\u201d family background or a government campaign to discourage certain behavior.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"35\">The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) said its report was based on interviews with 375 North Korean defectors from the isolated state over a period of two years.<\/p>\n<p data-reactid=\"36\">Reuters could not independently verify the testimony of defectors in the report. The TJWG is made up of human rights activists and researchers and is led by Lee Younghwan, who has worked as an advocate for human rights in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-northkorea-rights-idUSKBN1A4035\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2017  at  6:57 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p>        <!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n --><\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/north-korea-conducts-public-executions-for-theft-watching-south-korea-media-report.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ReutersJuly 19, 2017 North Korea carries out public executions on river banks and at school grounds and marketplaces for charges such as stealing copper from factory machines, distributing media from South Korea and prostitution, a report issued on Wednesday said. 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