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North Korea Reportedly Executes 80 People for Basically No Reason

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves after watching a military parade in honour of the 100th birthday of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first ever public speech at a major military parade in Pyongyang to mark 100 years since the birth of the country's founder Kim Il-Sung. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waves after watching a military parade in honour of the 100th birthday of the late North Korean leader Kim Il-Sung in Pyongyang on April 15, 2012. North North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first ever public speech at a major military parade in Pyongyang to mark 100 years since the birth of the country’s founder Kim Il-Sung. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) Photo: Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images

According to South Korea’s Joongang Daily, about 80 people were executed across North Korea eight days ago for “relatively light transgressions such as watching South Korean movies or distributing pornography,” and “being involved in prostitution or being in possession of a Bible.” 

North Korea Executes 80 People for No Reason