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Number of North Korean defectors to South Korea triples in 2023, says Seoul
11 months ago

Number of North Korean defectors to South Korea triples in 2023, says Seoul

Hindustan Times  

Pyongyang, January 20 : The number of North Korean defectors entering South Korea nearly tripled in 2023 compared to the previous two years, including a higher number of youth and elite, CNN reported, citing Seoul authorities. A majority of those who entered South Korea last year had left North Korea years ago, staying in third countries for a long time …

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Kapil Sharma says South Koreans cried after watching Zwigato: ‘They didn’t even know I am known for comedy'
1 year, 9 months ago

Kapil Sharma says South Koreans cried after watching Zwigato: ‘They didn’t even know I am known for comedy'

Hindustan Times  

Kapil Sharma, Nandita Das and Shahana Goswami launched their film Zwigato's second trailer in Mumbai on Wednesday. At the press conference, the actors and director spoke at length about their film, including the reaction it got in Korea when it premiered at the 27th Busan International Film Festival last year. Kapil Sharma said "Zwigato" struck a chord with the audience …

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"Pachinko" told me what my grandparents couldn't about the life of colonized Koreans in Japan
2 years, 8 months ago

"Pachinko" told me what my grandparents couldn't about the life of colonized Koreans in Japan

Salon  

As a fan of "Pachinko," the internationally acclaimed novel by Min Jin Lee, I closely followed news of its adaptation and eagerly awaited to see how the main character, Sunja, would be brought to life on the screen. In the first few episodes of the show alone, we see three different versions of Sunja — Sunja as a precocious only …

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Pachinko on Apple TV: The series’s food has layers of meaning.
2 years, 8 months ago

Pachinko on Apple TV: The series’s food has layers of meaning.

Slate  

An ambitious young investment banker named Solomon has returned from New York and cooks with his grandmother, Sunja, in her Osaka kitchen. “That’s the most emotional scene I’ve ever been involved in.” — Pachinko food stylist Ellie Hyewon Lee Showrunner Hugh says, “When you think about real life, we’re always eating, but I never see that on TV … and …

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At least seven North Koreans have been executed for watching or sharing K-pop, report claims
3 years ago

At least seven North Koreans have been executed for watching or sharing K-pop, report claims

Daily Mail  

North Korea has executed at least seven people by firing squad in the last ten years for sharing or watching South Korean K-pop, a rights group has claimed. Seoul-based Transitional Justice Working Group conducted interviews with 683 North Korean defectors over six years - since 2015 - to map places where North Koreans were killed and buried in state-sanctioned public …

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The "Squid Game" critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea
3 years, 1 month ago

The "Squid Game" critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea

Salon  

"Squid Game" first came to my attention via Korean friends astonished at seeing their childhood games onscreen as a central plot point in a blockbuster Netflix series that seemed it could be as big a Korean crossover as last year's Oscar-winning "Parasite." Historians I know even subscribe to the shocking misapprehension that it was the Korean War the split the …

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Why North Korea thinks K-pop and youth slang can topple a regime
3 years, 5 months ago

Why North Korea thinks K-pop and youth slang can topple a regime

CNN  

CNN — North Korea is doubling down on its culture war, warning citizens to stay away from all things South Korean – including its fashion, music, hairstyles and even slang. Earlier this month, South Korean lawmaker Ha Tae-keung said after attending a briefing by the country’s spy agency that North Korea’s regime was implementing strict rules on how young people …

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North Koreans Worry Over 'Emaciated' Kim Jong Un: State Media
3 years, 5 months ago

North Koreans Worry Over 'Emaciated' Kim Jong Un: State Media

News 18  

Everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un’s apparent weight loss, said an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country’s tightly controlled state media, after watching recent video footage of Kim. When Kim reappeared in state media in June after not being seen in public for almost a month, analysts at NK News, a Seoul-based website …

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