Kim Jong-Un digitally erased an actor he doesn't like from the re-run of a popular North Korean TV show
North Korea has meticulously erased all traces of an actor from re-runs of a popular TV show, amid rumors that he has fallen out of favor with Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un,Choe Ung Chol, an actor known for his good looks, has been digitally replaced with actor Pak Jong Taek in the show"The Taehongdang Party Secretary."
The series was otherwise completely unchanged, per Prof. Tatiana Gabroussenko, a North Korea specialist writing for the outlet. Choe may have fallen out out of favor with the regime due to his playboy lifestyle, as well as potentially over ties with Jang Song Taek, an uncle of Kim Jong Un's who wasVarious rumors suggest that Choe was sexually involved with either Jang's niece or daughter, and may have had a child with one of them, Gabroussenko wrote.
She emphasized that"there is no way to know for sure" about the rumors. North Korea's closed society and strictly state-controlled media means reliable information is extremely hard to come by, with outsiders often dependent on the accounts of defectors. , was denounced as"despicable human scum." Jang was accused of several crimes, but state media also noted that he didn't applaud Kim enthusiastically enough,
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