Or else. I’m not fan of cell phones, but this seems excessive even for me: North Korea ups public executions against cell phone users. (H/t: Rush Limbaugh.)

North Korea has increased its public executions against cell phone users and those who circulate outside information in the communist country, a South Korean government think tank said Thursday.

The phenomenon of executions of those who circulate South Korean leaflets and sell videos and use cell phones are on the rise, the South’s government-affiliated Korea Institute for National Unification think tank said in a white paper on the North’s human rights conditions. No exact figures were given.

North Koreans are officially banned from communicating with the outside world but some of them listen to foreign news and use cell phones through Chinese communication networks, according to North Korean defectors in South Korea. The use of cell phones in North Korea is banned though some are smuggled into the North by Chinese who have links with South Koreans.

The North has been struggling to prevent outside information from seeping into the country and believes the influx of information could possibly lead to the overthrow of the reclusive regime.
The North carries out public executions regularly to maintain social order by creating an atmosphere of fear, said the institute.

Oddly enough, there’s no news about this on the offical North Korean News website. There is, however, this story, noting a commemoration by North Korean teachers and students of an accident which took place in South Korea some years ago, in which two South Korean girls were killed by a U.S. military vehicle.

Speakers at the meeting bitterly denounced the shocking murder committed in broad daylight as an extra-large crime which could be perpetrated only by bloodthirsty beasts and wolves rabid in man-killing.

They extended warm compatriotic support and encouragement to the south Korean people, school youth and children in their struggle to settle account with the murderers and wreak vengeance rankling in their hearts and bring a new world of independence and reunification.

They called upon the south Koreans to decisively oppose the war moves of the U.S. and pro-U.S. conservative forces and turn out as one in the anti-U.S. resistance to put an end to the U.S. imperialists’ military occupation and colonial domination, holding high the banner of attaching importance to the nation, defending peace and achieving unity.

Getting with the hip new age of Web 2.0, you can also now download an mp3 file of the North Korean national anthem.

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