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A respected South Korean newspaper, The Chosun Ilbo has reported that members of the Unhasu Orchestra and Wangjaesan Light Music Band were arrested on 17 August, accused of filming themselves having sex and then selling copies of the tapes, and in the process breaching North Korean anti-pornography laws.
According to the newspaper’s source, some of the musicians were found to have Bibles in their possession and all were treated as political dissidents.
They were executed in public by machine gun fire three days later, reportedly as the rest of them were forced to watch.
In accordance with the country’s rules on guilt by association, their families were then taken away to detention camps, according to the reports.
Among those killed was singer Hyon Song-wol, who it was reported had a relationship with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un until Kim’s father Kim Jong-il disapproved.
Reports indicate the dictator had been to see his former lover sing in a concert just nine days before she was arrested and killed
Kim's current wife Ri Sol-ju was also a member of the Unhasu Orchestra before she married him but it’s not clear if she had any hand in the executions.
Another unnamed source also said that the executions on 20 August were in keeping with the dictator’s recent activities, and “show that he is fixated on consolidating his leadership," and that " Kim Jong-un has been viciously eliminating anyone who he deems a challenge to his authority.”
An authority on North Korean affairs and professor at Tokyo’s Waseda University told the Daily Telegraph there’s more than meets the eyes about the matter.
“If these people had only made pornographic videos, then it is simply not believable that their punishment was execution.
“They could have been made to disappear into the prison system there instead.
“There is a political reason behind this. Or, as Kim's wife once belonged to the same group, it is possible that these executions are more about Kim's wife,” he said