North Korean citizens, including schoolchildren, are being executed for watching South Korean TV shows such as Squid Game and listening to K-pop music. Amnesty International shared this in a report based on 25 interviews with North Korean escapees. Most interviewees were aged 15 to 25 when they fled between 2009 and 2020. The report says punishments range from severe penalties to death for consuming foreign media. One interviewee heard that high school students in Yanggang Province were executed for watching Squid Game. Another execution for spreading the show was reported in North Hamgyong Province in 2021. Amnesty noted these cases point to multiple executions linked to South Korean media. Listening to K-pop, including bands like BTS, is also risky. In 2021, teenagers were investigated in South Pyongan Province for listening to BTS. North Korea's 2020 Anti-Reactionary Thought and Culture Act punishes watching or owning South Korean media with five to 15 years of forced labor. Distributing large amounts or organizing group viewings can lead to the death penalty. Kim Eunju, 40, said, "When we were 16, 17, in middle school, they took us to executions and showed us everything. People were executed for watching or distributing South Korean media. It's ideological education: if you watch, this happens to you too." Choi Suvin, who fled in 2019, recalled a public execution in Sinuiju where tens of thousands were forced to watch. She said, "They execute people to brainwash and educate us." She also shared that some people sell their homes to pay bribes up to $5,000 or $10,000 to avoid harsh punishments or re-education camps.