North Korea routinely criticizes South Korean culture and its capitalist system, contrasting it with its false depiction of itself as an egalitarian society.
the 2020 Oscar winner for best picture, which also focused on themes of inequality in South Korea, following a poor family of grifters who worm their way into the lives of a rich but naïve household.
At the time, the movie was described by one pro-North Korea newspaper based in Japan as a masterpiece that"starkly exposed the reality" of the rich-poor gap in the country,Influence from abroad and outside information are seen as threats to North Korean leadership, and the country’s leader, Kim Jong Un, has long been ordering his citizens to shun foreign influence, from fashion to dance moves.
In June, Kim branded K-pop a"vicious cancer," according to KCNA, North Korea’s state media agency. In July, an editorial published in the country’s official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun,Pedestrians cross the road beneath a large Netflix sign in Seoul, South Korea, on Thursday.A new law introduced in December calls for up to 15 years in labor camps for those caught accessing South Korean entertainment and threatens the death penalty for those caught distributing it, according to KCNA.
But life in North Korea is far from a socialist utopia. The ruling regime is widely regarded as one of the , relying on political prison camps to quash dissent. It is also grappling with food shortages and an economic crisis, worsened by international sanctionsSaphora Smith is a London-based reporter for NBC News Digital.
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