North Korea: The Execution Rumour Machine and the Fight to Own the Story
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared de…
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared dead was alive.
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared de…
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared de…
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared de…
On 29 August 2013, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo reported that singer Hyon Song-wol and other North Korean performers had been executed by firing squad for making pornographic videos. The report moved quickly to American and European newspapers and television programmes describing a “brutal regime.” On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television at an artists’ conference. The person the press had declared de…