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North Korea's Kim Jong-Un said ending a marriage demonstrates anti-socialist sympathies and should be punished.

It signifies a toughening of existing laws, which previously only punished the party seeking the divorce - even in cases of physical abuse.

Under new rules, both spouses will be imprisoned once the divorce is finalised, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).

A resident of the northern Ryanggang province said: “I went to the Kimjongsuk County People’s Court ... where 12 people received divorce decrees.

“Immediately after the verdict, they were transferred to the county labour training camp.

“Until last year, when a couple divorced, only the person who first filed for divorce was sent to a labor training camp.

“Starting this month, all divorced couples will be sent to labour training camps.”

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Another woman who had stayed in the correction facility said the majority of divorcees are in their late 30s.

She said: "There are about 80 women, and 40 men imprisoned in the county labor training camp.

“About 30 men and women were imprisoned due to divorce decrees, and the women’s sentences were longer.”