North Korea News News North Korea » Music: Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol - then North Koreans discovered K-pop
News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/kim-jong-un-was-meant-to-be-their-only-idol-then-north-koreans-discovered-k-pop/ar-AA289I1m
Published on: Friday 17 July 2026
Defectors tell the BBC that despite restrictions, K-pop has cut through in the stifling dictatorship.
News North Korea » Music: Kim Jong Un was supposed to be North Koreans' only idol - then they found K-pop
News channel or source: https://www.tbsnews.net/worldbiz/asia/kim-jong-un-was-meant-be-their-only-idol-then-north-koreans-discovered-k-pop-1491286
Published on: Saturday 18 July 2026
North Korea is built around a system in which leader Kim Jong Un is the only officially celebrated public figure, with the state maintaining ideological control through surveillance, censorship and ma ...
News North Korea » Music: Queues, protests as North Korean orchestra performs in South
News channel or source: https://www.digitaljournal.com/article/queues-protests-as-north-korean-orchestra-performs-in-south/
Published on: Thursday 08 February 2018
South Korean activists protested Thursday as a North Korean orchestra gave a sold-out performance on the eve of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. While concert-goers formed a long queue in Gangneung, ...
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News channel or source: https://dcist.com/topic/north-korea/
Published on: Tuesday 08 August 2017
Local rappers Pacman and Peso went to North Korea to make a music video. It’s finally been released. If the the rappers make it to North Korea, the “music video will be shot on a karaoke party bus in ...