Defectors tell the BBC that despite restrictions, K-pop has cut through in the stifling dictatorship.
North Koreans were expected to idolize only Kim Jong Un, but then K-pop entered their lives. A video explores how certain songs transformed the perspectives of some North Koreans.
In June
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