Song A invites viewers to keep a secret with her by sharing suggestions without her "mum" finding out in a video about a visit to the Okryu Children's Hospital in Pyongyang. The video's editors, likely from Sogwang Media Corporation, appeared to blur one specific figure standing in the background to protect their identity. | Image: Sary Voline YouTube (July 7, 2022)
An 11-year-old North Korean girl posing as an independent YouTuber keen on spreading “surprising” content about the country to foreign viewers comes from one of Pyongyang’s top elite families, an NK News investigation has found.
According to South Korean lawmaker Tae Yong-ho, the North Korean vlogger Im Song A is the daughter of a diplomat named Im Jun Hyok whom he worked with at the DPRK Embassy in London. Tae defected in 2016.
An 11-year-old North Korean girl posing as an independent YouTuber keen on spreading “surprising” content about the country to foreign viewers comes from one of Pyongyang’s top elite families, an NK News investigation has found.
According to South Korean lawmaker Tae Yong-ho, the North Korean vlogger Im Song A is the daughter of a diplomat named Im Jun Hyok whom he worked with at the DPRK Embassy in London. Tae defected in 2016.
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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.
