A history of violence: North Korea seeks to curb assault with toothless new law



Analysis A history of violence: North Korea seeks to curb assault with toothless new law Creation of anti-battery law points to widespread violence, but light penalties betray authorities’ lenient attitude Peter Ward August 4, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Card art of a man breaking a brick with a at the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang \| Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2008) Officially, North Korea is a people’s paradise with no social problems — beyond the persistent food shortages that the regime has occasionally acknowledged. But a new law adopted in Nov. 2021, which South Korea’s intelligence agency published the full text for earlier this year, points to a much more violent issue facing the people of North Korea. Within the context of human rights reports from North Korean refugees and leaked official documents, analysis of this anti-battery law shows that: Battery is defined in broad terms and covers a wide range of violent behaviors apparently Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments 02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos 03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities 04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump. 05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two 06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024 07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way 08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine 09New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads 10How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins

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A history of violence: North Korea seeks to curb assault with toothless new law

Creation of anti-battery law points to widespread violence, but light penalties betray authorities’ lenient attitude

Peter Ward August 4, 2023

A history of violence: North Korea seeks to curb assault with toothless new law

Card art of a man breaking a brick with a at the Arirang Mass Games in Pyongyang | Image: Eric Lafforgue (Sept. 2008)

Officially, North Korea is a people’s paradise with no social problems — beyond the persistent food shortages that the regime has occasionally acknowledged.

But a new law adopted in Nov. 2021, which South Korea’s intelligence agency published the full text for earlier this year, points to a much more violent issue facing the people of North Korea.

Within the context of human rights reports from North Korean refugees and leaked official documents, analysis of this anti-battery law shows that:

Battery is defined in broad terms and covers a wide range of violent behaviors apparently

01How long-range strikes on Russia could impact North Korean troop deployments
02How North Korean hackers and IT workers collude to cause chaos
03What pro-Trump think tanks reveal about his likely North Korea policy priorities
04Yoon bet on US to deter North Korea. Now he faces an alliance skeptic in Trump.
05All the question marks hanging over Trump’s approach to North Korea in term two
06Time almost up for North Korea’s plan to launch 3 military satellites in 2024
07Trump return rekindles prospects of North Korea talks, but Russia stands in way
08How China could benefit from North Korea’s troop deployment to Ukraine
09New North Korean ICBM delivers big political message, and likely bigger payloads
10How North Korea-Russia ties will challenge next US president, no matter who wins

A history of violence: North Korea seeks to curb assault with toothless new law

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