The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, popularly known
as North Korea, is expanding its list of crimes punishable by death, according
to reports.
According to Fox News, citing Yonhap News Agency, Supreme
Leader Kim Jong Un’s regime expanded the list of offenses warranting the death
penalty from 11 to 16 via revisions of criminal law.
The report listed new offenses warranting execution as a
punishment to include: anti-state propaganda and agitation acts, illegal
manufacturing, and the illicit use of weapons are included in the new codes.
Other “reactionary” behavior that warrants punishment
reportedly includes the wearing of outside fashion such as white wedding
dresses, blue jeans or sunglasses.
According to the report, outside slang terms from South
Korea are also allegedly banned in written communications.
Outside the death penalty, other drastic punishments for
behavior deemed anti-social include prison camps and forced re-education.
The country’s 14th Supreme People’s Assembly was reported to
have amended the national constitution last year to enshrine nuclear
weaponization as a core principle.
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