Kim Jong Un’s Execution of Negligent Officials when North Korea Floods

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Government
North Korea
leader
Kim Jong Un
is known for often giving its officials severe punishments, up to the death penalty.
The officials were punished for allegedly betraying the party.In 2024, when major floods hit this communist ideology country, for example, as many as 30 officials were executed because they were considered negligent and failed to carry out disaster mitigation.
TV Chosun report, as reported
The Straits Times
and
Independent
, Last Thursday (5/9/2024), the officials who were executed came from the regional government that was hit by floods.
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They were shot in August 2024, TV Chosun reported, citing an unnamed South Korean government official.
The flood at that time was very large and is estimated to have killed thousands of people.The area worst hit by flooding was Chagang province.
South Korea’s Unification Ministry, which handles relations with North Korea, declined to comment.North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said at an emergency party meeting in late July 2024 that he would strictly punish those who ‘grossly neglected’ their duties and were responsible for the casualties.
Devastating floods hit Chagang province in July and displaced more than 15,000 people.
According to North Korean news reports, the flood caused widespread damage in the northwestern cities of Sinuiju and nearby Uiju, with more than 4,100 homes, 7,410 hectares of agricultural land, and many roads, buildings, and railway lines affected.
The rain that caused major flooding at that time was uncontrollable, submerging thousands of houses and large areas of agricultural land, and making many residents homeless.They were forced to live in makeshift tents.
North Korea said more than 5,000 people stranded in the cities of Sinuiju and Uiju had been rescued by airlift and other evacuation efforts.
North Korea is prone to flooding from heavy summer rains due to poor drainage, deforestation and dilapidated infrastructure.
The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Wednesday that around 4,100 houses, 3,000 hectares of agricultural fields and many public buildings, roads and railways in Sinuiju and Uiju were flooded.
Commonly done
The death penalty in North Korea is legal and is often carried out against officials.But what makes it sad is that sometimes the mistakes made are disproportionate.For example, because of watching foreign or foreign films.
Reported
BBC
, Monday (15/9/2025), the North Korean government is increasingly implementing the death penalty, including for people caught watching and sharing foreign films and TV dramas.
The page that explains human rights issues, The Advocates for Human Rights, writes that North Korea should abolish the death penalty and ratify the Second Optional Protocol to the International Convention on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
The report further recommends, in the meantime, that North Korea: (1) impose an official moratorium on executions, (2) limit the death penalty to only the “most serious” crimes, as defined by international human rights standards, (3) prohibit the use of the death penalty for anyone under 18 years of age at the time of the alleged crime.
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