“Anti-socialist culture”: when K-pop makes Kim Jong-un tremble

In Pyongyang, a burning DVD player can land you in prison or even the firing squad. When the security services raid a suspicious apartment in the capital of North Korea, they rush into the living room to lay their hands on the device. If it is still hot, the object appears flagrant, say the rare defectors in Seoul who have fled the totalitarian grip of Kim Jong-un’s regime.

Its inhabitants were probably watching films, series or videos « interdits » from the outside world “Capitalist”deduce the security services informed by the inminban snitches, these neighborhood units that the authorities patrol. An offense punishable by session of « rééducation »prison, or even capital execution while the supreme North Korean leader steps up repression against behavior « réactionnaires » of a youth eager for new things. With the priority target of “Dramas”