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“The North government publicly executed two lesbians for being tinged with capitalism not for demoralization,” Free North Korea Radio (http://www.fnkradio.com/) reported on Wednesday.
According to the broadcast, the Korean and Japanese women were caught after it was found they had sexual relationships in their house in Cheongjin, North Hamgyeong Province. “They were badly influenced by capitalism from Japan and brought corruption of public morals,” said the government.
“Seeing that gays and lesbians are not welcomed in South Korea, it is not weird not to protect their rights in the North,” “The public execution may not be a solution to stop homosexuality” and “‘Homosexuality means a crime being influenced by capitalism’ what a fantastic name!” were among comments from netizens.
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