Speaking ‘like a South Korean’ is a serious crime in North Korea

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: Read more on North Korea: North Korean authorities have intensified a national crackdown on what they describe as “puppet language” – or Korean as spoken in the South. North Koreans caught using slang or vocabulary from south of the border face sentences that may include hard labour in a prison camp or even death under the Pyongyang Cultural Language Protection Act. Support us: Follow us on: Website: Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Linkedin: #scmp #Asia #NorthKorea