North Korean man executed for cell phone use

Apparently, if you can get your hands on a cell phone in North Korea, you're not supposed to use it to tell defectors how much rice costs.

http://www.thestar.com/news/world/article/774850--n-korean-man-executed-for-cell-phone-call

 

I guess they don't mess around over there.

 

Watch this crazy stuff if you have an hour or so to spend:
http://www.vbs.tv/watch/the-vice-guide-to-travel/vice-guide-to-north-korea-1-of-3

 

Clearly a draconian penalty, unless the guy was using it in a restaurant.

 

Just watched the entire thing...

Those guys have big fucking brass balls.

 

Or a movie theater.

 

Or while driving.

 

Maybe Kim Jong Il has it right. We're executing ourselves in slow motion creating brain tumors. He's just cutting out the middle man.