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Seung-Yeon Chung
Seung-Yeon Chung is a state media specialist at NK News. She previously worked in the Department of Unification and Foreign Ministry at Korean Broadcast System (KBS).
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News North Korean state TV airs a hit song by American pop icon Bruno MarsSnippet of ‘It Will Rain’ appears in coverage of Russian figure skating routine, despite official ban on foreign media
North Korean state TV aired a snippet of a song by American pop star Bruno Mars in a recent broadcast, NK News analysis shows, despite the country’s strict controls banning consumption of foreign media. The song appeared in Thursday’s evening bulletin on Korean Central Television (KCTV), which reported on the two-day Pyongyang International Figure Skating Festival featuring athletes from North Korea, China, Russia and Uzbekistan. The broadcast briefly shows a performance by a Russian duo skating to Bruno Mars’ 2011 hit “It Will Rain,” airing seven seconds of the routine featuring the song’s opening lyrics, “If you ever leave me, © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |