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2008/02/18 09:22 KST
(LEAD) N. Korea intensifies press oppression

   PARIS, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korea executed a state-run company's director last year for having made phone calls abroad without government permission, an international journalist group said in its annual report released Sunday.

The case reflects a marked increase in executions for the offense of communication with people outside the totalitarian country, Reporters Without Borders said.