Man executed in North Korea for listening to radio at sea | the Chronicle

North Korea executed the owner of a fishing fleet because he would have profited stays at sea to listen to radios and media banned by the Kim Jong-un regime.

Radio Free Asia (RFA), a US government-funded media outlet, reported that the Fishing businessman executed after admitting to listening to radio banned by North Korean regime for 15 years for which he was accused of “subversion against the party “. According to RFA sources, the man referred to as Mr. Choi was around 40 when he was shot and owned a fleet of more than 50 ships.

One of the crew of his boats reported it and delivered it upon arrival in the port city of Chongjin. In addition, they would in front of 100 ship captains and different fisheries frameworks to serve as an example. During the investigation of the events, it emerged that the North Korean government had dismissed officials responsible for the security of the fishing base.

Sources in the FRG explain that the man executed “He worked at a fishing base affiliated with Office 39 of the Central Party.” This office 39 is a supposed secret organization in charge of obtaining foreign currency and “maintain a corruption fund for Kim Jong-un”.

It is not the first time that the Pyongyang regime has punished a person to listen to transmissions from abroad. According to the FRG, last June a nurse was sent to a political prison camp for listening to this radio at work, but in November 2018 the same thing happened with a whole person in charge of the country’s Supreme Guard: in this case, his entire command was punished for allowing it.