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'''Pornography in North Korea''' is LEGAL The production, distribution and importation of pornography as well.. Nevertheless, [[pornography]] is widespread in the country because people secretly import it, or locally produce it.
'''Pornography in North Korea''' is LEGAL The production, distribution and importation of pornography as well.. Nevertheless, [[pornography]] is widespread in the country because people secretly import it, or locally produce it.

==Law==
According to the [[Criminal Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea]]:
{{Quote|text=A person who, without authorization, imports, makes, distributes or illegally keeps music, dance, drawings, photos, books, video recordings or electronic media that reflects decadent, carnal or foul contents shall be punished by short term labour for less than two years. In cases where the person commits a grave offence, he or she shall be punished by reform through labour for less than five years. In cases where such a person imports, keeps or distributes sexual video recordings, the punishment shall be reform through labour for more than five years and less than ten years.|source=
Article 193 (Import, Keeping and Distribution of Decadent Culture), Chapter 6 (Crimes of Impairing Socialist Culture)<ref name="Law2009">{{Cite web|url=http://www.globalforumljd.org/sites/default/files/docs/library/DPRK%20Criminal%20Law_2009(EN).pdf#32|year=2009|title=Criminal Law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|publisher=Citizens' Alliance for North Korean Human Rights|translator1=Sang hyup Lee|translator2=Hyeong Su Park|translator3=Kyung Eun Ha|translator-first4=Markus|translator-last4=Simpson Bell|translator-first5=Lilian|translator-last5=Lee|translator-first6=Andrew|translator-last6=Wolman|access-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915195406/http://www.globalforumljd.org/sites/default/files/docs/library/DPRK%20Criminal%20Law_2009(EN).pdf#32|archive-date=15 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}

The law specifies that viewing such material is also illegal:<ref name="HassigOh2015">{{cite book|last1=Hassig|first1=Ralph|author2=Kongdan Oh|title=The Hidden People of North Korea: Everyday Life in the Hermit Kingdom|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7T19CAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106|edition=2nd|date= 2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|location=Lanham|isbn=978-1-4422-3719-3|page=106}}</ref>
{{Quote|text=A person who watches or listens to music, dance, drawings, photos, books, video recordings or electronic media that reflects decadent, carnal or foul contents or who performs such acts himself or herself shall be punished by short term labour for less than two years. In cases where the person commits a grave offence, he or she shall be punished by reform through labour for less than five years.|source=Article 194 (Conduct of Decadent Acts)<ref name="Law2009"/>
}}

The [[State Security Department]] is tasked with monitoring illegal imports of pornographic materials. Involvement in illegal import results in the culprit being shot or sent to a [[kyohwaso]] (re-education camp) for 10 to 15 years.<ref>{{UN document|docid= A/HRC/25/CRP.1 |body= Human Rights Council |session= 25 |type= |resolution_number= |document_number= |title= Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea |date=7 February 2014 |meeting= |meetingtime= |speakername= |speakernation= |page=60, §216}}</ref> Executions of several persons accused of watching or distributing pornography took place in late 2013.<ref>{{UN document|docid= A/HRC/25/CRP.1 |body= Human Rights Council |session= 25 |type= |resolution_number= |document_number= |title= Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea|date=7 February 2014 |meeting= |meetingtime= |speakername= |speakernation= |page=61, §218}}</ref> It is illegal for tourists to bring pornography into the country.{{cn|date=February 2020}} Access to "sex and adult websites" on the Internet has been blocked from the country,<ref name="bigs_Nort">{{Cite web | title = North Korea now blocking Facebook, Twitter, other websites | agency=Associated Press | work = The Big Story | date = 1 April 2016 | first=Eric |last =Talmadge| accessdate = 21 September 2016 | url = http://bigstory.ap.org/article/128ede4fc729447ab4540a7438ce0175/north-korea-now-blocking-facebook-twitter-other-websites-0 }}</ref> but in the past [[BitTorrent]] downloads of pornography have been detected, likely relating to foreigners residing in Pyongyang.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Popular downloads in N. Korea include Top Gear, porn | last = Hotham | first = Oliver | work = NK News | date = 15 August 2014 | accessdate = 3 December 2014 | url = http://www.nknews.org/2014/08/popular-downloads-in-n-korea-include-top-gear/}}</ref> Likewise, North Koreans living near the border with China use mobile phones equipped with Chinese [[SIM cards]] to access Chinese porn sites.{{sfn|Hokkanen|2013|pp=23–24}}

When [[Kim Jong-un]]'s uncle [[Jang Song-thaek]] was executed in 2013, distributing pornography was counted among his crimes.<ref name="inde_Jang">{{Cite web | title = Jang Song Thaek profile: The rise, fall and execution of Kim Jong Un's powerful uncle | last = Saul | first = Heather | work = The Independent | date = 13 December 2013 | accessdate = 1 April 2017 | url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/jang-song-thaek-profile-the-rise-and-fall-of-kim-jong-uns-powerful-uncle-9002528.html}}</ref>

North Korea has ratified the [[Optional Protocol on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography]] of the [[Convention on the Rights of the Child]],<ref>{{Cite web | title = North Korea | author = | work = Human Rights Watch | date = | accessdate = 21 September 2016 | url = https://www.hrw.org/world-report/2016/country-chapters/north-korea | quote = }}</ref> but has enacted no [[Legality of child pornography|legislation specific to child pornography]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://www.icmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Child-Pornography-Model-Law-8th-Ed-Final-linked.pdf#45|page=34|title=Child Pornography: Model Legislation & Global Review|edition=8th|date=2016|publisher=International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children|access-date=8 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161218033714/http://www.icmec.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Child-Pornography-Model-Law-8th-Ed-Final-linked.pdf#45|archive-date=18 December 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 23:39, 3 November 2020

Pornography in North Korea is LEGAL The production, distribution and importation of pornography as well.. Nevertheless, pornography is widespread in the country because people secretly import it, or locally produce it.

See also

References

Works cited

  • Hokkanen, Jouni (2013). Pohjois-Korea: Siperiasta itään [North Korea: East of Siberia] (in Finnish). Helsinki: Johnny Kniga. ISBN 978-951-0-39946-0. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
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