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Kim Jong Un was meant to be their only idol – then North Koreans discovered K-pop
BTS, pictured here at a recent concert, are part of coded everyday slang in North Korea, defectors sayStill, a 2023 survey found that 98% of defectors said they had watched South Korean dramas or films back home."Teen Top's song about a man's affair with an older woman was a hit among young North KoreansA window to the outside worldListening to South Korean music was always risky.
BTS's Korean name Bangtan Sonyeondan has even become a part of everyday slang in the North, one defector says: "People say things like, 'Have you tried on a Bangtan vest?
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