After dipping its toes in the glitz and glam of modern pop music, North Korea’s state music scene now appears to be returning to more conservative and toned-down values.
But even so, Kim Jong Un has broadly changed the face and feel of North Korean music to match what we see in much of the rest of the world, according to Keith Howard, a music professor at SOAS University of London. That includes pursuing a more young, "nouveau riche" kind of feel — a seed that former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il planted at the turn of the century.
After dipping its toes in the glitz and glam of modern pop music, North Korea’s state music scene now appears to be returning to more conservative and toned-down values.
But even so, Kim Jong Un has broadly changed the face and feel of North Korean music to match what we see in much of the rest of the world, according to Keith Howard, a music professor at SOAS University of London. That includes pursuing a more young, "nouveau riche" kind of feel — a seed that former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il planted at the turn of the century.
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