The cost of illegal filming

Daily NK has a pretty horrifying report out about a man who was caught filming in a North Korean market. Those of you who have watched Seoul Train will probably remember that people caught filming are subject to execution. In this case, the cameraman escaped with his life, but suffered pretty badly for his actions.

A North Korean citizen who tried to capture the North Korean jangmadang (market) on a video camera was arrested by the National Security Agency and received the cruel punishment of having his achilles heel severed, reported Free North Korea Broadcasting (Free NK) on the 28th.

Free NK relayed that Mr. Shim, who was investigated for a month in closed confinement at the National Safety Agency for a cell-phone usage in August, heard the news about the NSA's torture of Huh Sang Chul (35), whom he had met at the same detention house.

According to Mr. Shim, Huh was arrested while filming at the Hoiryeong Jangmadang in mid July. While being investigated for over a month, the broadcast reported that he confessed to filming the lives of average civilians and the market and to selling the images.

According to the article (the rest of which is available here) he was charged with "handing over national secrets."