North Korea have publicly executed 2 women and jailed another for life because they were fortune tellers. The trio had allegedly formed a collective named the Seven Star Group and claimed a ‘spirit oracle’ could be channelled through 2 children, aged 3 and 5, to tell the future. A source within the country told Radio Free Asia that the execution was ordered to ‘maintain social order’ over fears fortune telling had become too widespread. They added: ‘Even high-ranking officials and the families of judicial authorities often visit fortune tellers before arranging weddings or making business deals.’ Thousands of people reportedly attended the execution of the 2 women in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province. In 2013, Kim Jong-un ordered the execution of his own uncle, Jang Song-thaek, a high ranking government official, after accusing him of trying to increase his own power. The full extent of the use of capital punishment in North Korea is not fully known, but its crim...
Striving for a World without Capital Punishment