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Capital punishment is a legal and often-used form of punishment in North Korea for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage, political dissidence, defection, piracy, consumption of media not approved by the government and proselytizing religious beliefs that contradict practiced ''Juche'' ideology.〔 Current working knowledge of the topic depends heavily on the accounts of defectors (both relatives of victims, and former members of the government).〔 Executions are mostly carried out by firing squad, hanging or decapitation in public, making North Korea one of the last five countries to still perform public executions, the other four being Iran, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen. Human rights organizations have collected testimony on 1,193 executions in North Korea through 2009. == Reported executions == According to the ''Daily NK'', a pro-democracy online newspaper set up by North Korean exiles in South Korea, a South Korean aid agency reported that a 74-year-old stone cutting factory chief in Suncheon, South Pyongan was executed on October 5, 2007 in front of 170,000 people in Suncheon Stadium for "hiding his father’s credentials and promoting himself as a patriot". Fox News claimed the agency's report said he faced a firing squad for making international phone calls. Six people were crushed to death and 34 others injured in a stampede as they left the stadium.〔〔 On November 3, 2013, according to a JoongAng Ilbo report, at least 80 people were publicly executed for minor offenses. The executions were said to be carried out simultaneously in Wonsan, Chongjin, Sariwon, Pyongsong and three other North Korean cities for crimes such as watching South Korean movies, watching South Korean pornography or possessing a South Korean Bible. According to a witness from Wonsan, 10,000 residents were forced to watch when eight people were machine-gunned to death at the local Shinpoong stadium. On December 13, 2013, North Korean state media announced the execution of Jang Sung-taek, the uncle by marriage of North Korea's leader at the time, Kim Jong-un. The South Korean National Intelligence Service believes that two of his closest aides, Lee Yong-ha and Jang Soo-keel, were executed in mid-November. According to a South Korean newspaper, Jang's nephew, O Sang-hon, was executed by being burnt alive with a flame thrower.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=N.Korea Shuts Down Jang Song-taek's Department )〕 In 2014 the United Nations Human Rights Council created a Commission of inquiry on human rights in the DPRK, investigating and documenting many instances of executions carried out with or without trial, publicly or secretly, in response to political and other crimes that are often not among the most serious. The Commission determined that these systematic acts, including extermination and murder, rise to the level of crimes against humanity.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital punishment in North Korea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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