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Kim Jong-un Apologizes, Orders Border Shoot-to-Kill, Executions

6/9/2026

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Kim Jong-un apologized on national television for pandemic hardships, food shortages, and sanctions.
He ordered shoot-to-kill measures at the border with China during the pandemic.
He ordered the dismantling of informal markets that sold smuggled Chinese goods and foreign media.
He authorized public executions of people caught distributing K-pop or K-dramas.

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Kim Jong-un apologized on national television for pandemic hardships, food shortages, and sanctions.
He ordered shoot-to-kill measures at the border with China during the pandemic.
He ordered the dismantling of informal markets that sold smuggled Chinese goods and foreign media.
He authorized public executions of people caught distributing K-pop or K-dramas.