After the ban on gluing jeans, Kim Jong Un put on… music. South Korean pop leader , better known as K-pop, has been targeted by North Korea ‘s top leader this time.
According to Kim Jong Un, K-pop corrupts the youth of his country and it is… “satanic cancer”. In fact, North Korea’s top leader is reportedly trying to stem the rise in popularity of videos with the world-famous South Korean pop, better known as K-pop, K-dramas, South Korean fan series, and of South Korean films through a “secret campaign against K-pop”.
The “anti-socialist” cultural material from South Korea is said to have a negative effect on the “clothing, hairstyles, speech and behavior” of North Koreans, according to Kim Jong Un, who believes that K-pop promotes a “capitalist lifestyle”.
Kim Jong Un has enacted new penalties to “possess and / or watch entertainment content from South Korea” from five to 15 years of forced labor.
When the state-run Rodong Sinmum newspaper announced the list of banned appearances and hairstyles, it warned: “History teaches us a crucial lesson that a country can become vulnerable and eventually collapse like a wet wall regardless of its economic and defensive strength.” if we do not maintain our own way of life “.
