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best2002

(181 posts)
Wed Oct 17, 2012, 03:07 AM Oct 2012

The oppressed desires of North Korean youths

Last September, university students at Wonsan were cuaght collectively watching Korean drama and using South Korean standard language. This led to the North Korean authorities to strengthen censorship of impure elements, and foreign medias in the China-North Korean border regions. Korea and US media contents are very appealing even to the brainwashed North Korean youths.

As computers and internet is spreading within North Korea, games, drama, and other media contents are being imported into North Korea. And many North Koreans have already indirectly experienced South Korean culture. On the 7th, Kim Jong-un has ordered to launch a crackdown on censoring Korean wave cultures at the State Security Department. Does Kim Jong-un really think that he can block off foreign media contents physically in the 21st century?

(www.nocutnews.co.kr/Show.asp?IDX=2286125)

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The oppressed desires of North Korean youths (Original Post) best2002 Oct 2012 OP
The truth is that information is getting into North Korea despite the government's attempt davidpdx Nov 2012 #1

davidpdx

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1. The truth is that information is getting into North Korea despite the government's attempt
Wed Nov 14, 2012, 01:56 AM
Nov 2012

to stop it. Everything from TV broadcasts to DVDs have become widespread in the North. There is a black market for the sale of DVDs of both Korean and western movies and TV shows. Most people are now aware that what their government is telling them about the South is a lie.

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