A new North Korean propaganda video features a young woman paying tribute to the nation’s army with seemingly casual fashion and makeup styles not commonly seen inside North Korea.

The selfie video, likely linked to Sogwang Media Corporation, focuses on the COVID-19 recovery story of a “Pyongyang girl” and her thanks to the Korean People’s Army for their assistance. 

Sogwang has published propaganda videos in recent years that typically try to emulate “vloggers” and other styles popular on social media.

“Months ago I was infected with COVID-19 and got seriously ill,” the unnamed girl says in Korean, explaining that