Whether it be twirling on the stage at a major U.S. music festival or giving a speech at the U.N. General Assembly, South Korean pop groups BTS and BLACKPINK are known for evoking screams of excitement from seas of adoring fans. But for all the global veneration, at least one part of the world seems unconvinced: North Korea.
Over the weekend, North Korean state media slammed its Southern neighbor for allegedly treating the two K-pop idol groups like a band of “slaves” who suffer from “imprisonment.”
“Most of the juvenile singers, including BTS
Whether it be twirling on the stage at a major U.S. music festival or giving a speech at the U.N. General Assembly, South Korean pop groups BTS and BLACKPINK are known for evoking screams of excitement from seas of adoring fans. But for all the global veneration, at least one part of the world seems unconvinced: North Korea.
Over the weekend, North Korean state media slammed its Southern neighbor for allegedly treating the two K-pop idol groups like a band of “slaves” who suffer from “imprisonment.”
Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim