North Korea is "angrily" denying allegations that they punished citizens who did not mourn the death of Kim Jong Il enough. The allegations first came from a South Korean news website, Daily NK, that reports about events going on in North Korea through sources that are living there. An unidentified source claimed that North Koreans who either did not participate in the organized gatherings for the mourning period or who were there but did not cry or "seem genuine," are being punished to at least six months in a labor- training camp. The Korean Central News, which is run by the North Korean government, denied these allegations, and claimed that they came from traitors that are connected to the South Korean President. The information for the Daily NK was said to have come from a North Korean citizen living in North Hamgyong Province (which borders China) using an illegal Chinese cell phone. The information was sent to reporters in China, who then passed it along to South Korea.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/16/world/asia/north-korea-mourners/index.html?hpt=wo_c2
Kathleen Tite
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