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South Korean Courts determine that screening any film produced in the DPRK is a violation of the National Security Act. (www.ijejutoday.com)
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This does not just apply to propaganda films, but appears to extend to any film produced in the DPRK, as the current and former chairs of the Jeju branch of the Progressive Party, and secretary general of the Jeju branch of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation are now under investigation for allegedly violating the National Security Act.

However, the National Ministry of Unification had already approved the viewing of this movie back in 2016, and it is not a propaganda film. It is a story about two young girls whose mother passes away.

This comes after a recent crackdown on all things left or labor related in South Korea under the eye of conservative president Yoon Suk-yeol. The NIS (National Intelligence Service) raided the Korean Health and Medical Workers’ Union, affiliated with the Korean Federation of Trade Unions on the 18th of January under pretenses of violating the anti-communist National Security Law, with some allegedly operating as agents of the DPRK (based if true)

Additionally, another recent crackdown in South Korea has come against speech on social media accounts. There has been a massive ban wave of accounts deemed to be “pro” DPRK, though the vast majority of accounts in question were not necessarily pro-DPRK so much as they were explicitly not anti-DPRK. This type of speech had also previously been deemed legal by the National Ministry of Unification.

Anyway don’t forget that in the evil DPRK even watching South Korean media means you will be sent to Tartarus for eternity.

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[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 0 points 2 years ago

So South Korea goes full :frothingfash:

What has them so damned spooked? I mean the west is in the middle of their 3rd Red Scare but didn't expect SK to go insane overnight.

[-] CommCat@hexbear.net 1 points 2 years ago

not overnight, SK has been McCarthyist forever. Someone posted this SK documentary on reddit/socialism, about how SK's CIA frames North Korean defectors as spies with false evidence just to keep the redscare going.

https://www.reddit.com/r/socialism/comments/10bx2dh/spy_nation_confession_%EC%9E%90%EB%B0%B1_documentary_about_how/

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