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North Korean authorities are doing everything they can to stop the spread of South Korean pop culture, or hallyu.

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.dailynk.com/english/north-korean-youth-risk-arrest-for-speaking-like-south-koreans/


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[–] Kuori@hexbear.net 23 points 1 week ago

i'm sure you would, but that doesn't really say anything about the veracity of the claims presented. it just tells us where your biases lay. did you know that under SK's National Security Act it's functionally illegal to say anything positive about the north? like, this is a real verified law that we know exists and does (more or less) what the article says the north is doing. meanwhile the article gives us gems like

According to a Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province recently, four people in their twenties were arrested in Chongjin by local state security officers for talking like South Koreans.

wow, extremely verifiable! the daily nk is run out of seoul, takes CIA cutout (NED) money, and relies exclusively on anonymous sources, so it simply must be believed.

a question for you to ponder: if i asked all the people who most hated you and wished to see you dead what their opinion on you was, and then formed my opinions exclusively on their word, would you consider that fair? would you consider it "definitely [...] reliable"? you don't need to answer, but do give it some thought.