North Korea ‘executes 80 people for watching foreign films’

John Hall Independent.co.uk November 11, 2013 North Korea has publicly executed 80 people for watching foreign television programmes, a South Korean newspaper claimed today. Seoul’s JoongAng Ilbo daily reported that the killings were carried out in seven separate cities on November 3, with an alleged 10,000 people forced to attend one group execution held in…

Vietnam mulls resumption of firing squads

AP Novenber 8, 2013 HANOI, Vietnam (AP)  Vietnam is mulling the resumption of execution by firing squad because of problems getting chemicals for lethal injections, state media reported Friday. The Laborer newspaper quoted Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang as asking the lawmaking National Assembly to allow the use of firing squads until the…