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Topic: korea

The South Korean group BTS performing in concert (file image, 2015)
New Culture
Saturday, 7/18, 01:12 AM

The banned beat: how K-pop seeps into North Korea

  • In a state that presents its leader as the only idol worth having, young North Koreans have quietly embraced the South Korean pop culture their government has made a crime.
  • Smuggled on memory sticks and shared in code, it carries real risk, and, rights groups say, a glimpse of the outside world.

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