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Kim Jong-un called it a " vicious cancer" corrupting young North Koreans "attire, hairstyles, speeches, behaviours". His state media has warned that if left unchecked, it would make North Korea "crumble like a damp wall".
After wining fans around the world, South Korean pop culture has entered the final frontier: North Korea, where its growing influence has prompted the leader of the totalitarian state to declare a new culture war to stop it. But even a dictator may have trouble holding back the tide.
In recent months, hardly a day has gone by without Kim or sate media railing against "anti- socialist and non- socialist" influences spreading in his country, especially South Korean movies, K-dramas and K-pop videos. As part of a panicked attempt to reassert control, Kim has ordered his government to stamp out the cultural invasion.
"Young North Koreans think they owe nothing to Kim Jong-un" said Jung Gwang-il, a defector from the North who runs a network that smuggles K-pop into North Korea. " He must reassert his ideological control on the young if he doesn't want to lose the foundation for the future of his family's dynastic rule"
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