11.26.2007

A Funny Thing Happened When...

In October, the North [Korean government] executed the head of a factory in South Pyongan province for making international calls on 13 phones he installed in a factory basement.... He was executed by a firing squad in a stadium before a crowd of 150,000.

Six people were crushed to death and 34 others injured in an apparent stampede as they left the stadium afterward....