KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — A North Korean man has been sentenced to death by firing squad for smuggling and selling copies ofafter authorities at the hermit kingdom caught seven secondary school students watching the global hit show.from China and sold USB flash drives containing the series, Radio Free Asia reported.
RFA reported last week that copies of the drama had arrived in the reclusive country despite the best efforts of authorities to keep out foreign media. Sources said the show’s dystopian world — in which marginalised people are pitted against one another in traditional children’s games for huge cash prizes and losing players are put to death — resonates with North Koreans in risky occupations and insecure positions.
“The friend told several other students, who became interested, and they shared the flash drive with them.
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