Hundreds of North Korean execution sites identified, says rights group
(The Guardian North Korea)

South Korea-based group says it has found more than 300 such sites after interviewing more than 600 defectors A human rights group has said has identified hundreds of sites where witnesses say North Korea carried out public executions and extrajudicial state killings as part of an arbitrary and aggressive use of the death penalty designed to intimidate its citizens.The Transitional Justice Working Group (TJWG) is based in Seoul and says it has pinpointed at least 323 sites after four years of research and interviews with more than 600 North Korean defectors. Related: Kim Jong-nam, half-brother of North Korean leader, `was a CIA informant` Continue reading...