Mais uma vez, Kim Jong-il aparece como um dos líderes que mais sufoca a imprensa – de acordo com a lista da organização Repórteres Sem Fronteiras – e está a educar o filho, Kim Jong-un, para que a censura não perca fôlego.
Each day his activities, or those of his father or children, begin the TV news broadcasts and are front-page stories in the newspapers. The misspelling of his name suffices to send the culprit to one of North Korea’s ideological re-education camps. In 2008, Kim Jong-il ordered the security forces to prevent foreign videos, magazines, telephones, computers and CDs from entering the country from China. Several people have been executed for using mobile phones without permission.
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