South Korean operas not welcome in Kim Jong-Un’s regime

North Korea has, reportedly, executed 10 officials who had dared to watch soap operas of South Korea foxnews.com. With this execution, the number of North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party who have been executed goes up to 50 in this year alone.,br>

The charges against them include watching foreign read South Korean soap operas, engaging in bribes, or womanizing – this is as per the National Intelligence Service. The executions were carried out by the firing squad.
Defectors from North Korea have revealed that a thriving black market business goes on in North Korea in pirated versions of South Korean and Chinese television shows.
It is understood that the officials who were executed by the firing squad were close to Jang Song-thaek, the uncle of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un, who had been arrested in December last year and executed for committing crimes against the state.

This lends credence to the theory that Kim Jong-Un wants to eliminate his possible rivals who could oppose his activities.