North Korean propaganda media claimed that they were being treated as slaves against domestic idols such as BTS and Black Pink, which lead K-pop around the world.
According to the North Korean magazine NK Economy on the 16th, the North Korean media Arirang Meari on the 13th was titled “South Korean youth singers subordinate to conglomerates and forced to live a miserable life”. They are being forced to live a miserable life,” he reported.
He said, “The majority of youth singers, including BTS and Black Pink, have signed exclusive contracts with major art companies, including SM Entertainment, to receive popular song singer education at an early age in elementary and junior high school.”
They said that they were completely blocked and were forced to sleep 2 to 3 hours a day for severe training. He also pointed out that most of the proceeds are taken by large art-related companies in the name of training expenses.
Arirangmeari argued that even adolescent singers suffered from mental and physical pain, so it was the same as living in a prison without bars.
In particular, the media said, “I have been making extreme choices while leaving a suspicion that I can live, and since I was a child, I have been bound by an unfair contract and have been detained in a training ground.
In response, North Korean experts analyze that their popularity is to prevent the spread of their popularity in North Korea.
BTS was the first Korean popular singer to be nominated for the Grammy Awards. Unfortunately, the award was missed, but it was the first Korean singer to stand on the stage alone at the awards ceremony.
Black Pink has surpassed 20 million followers for the first time in a girl group on Spotify, the world’s largest music streaming platform. Black Pink has a total of 26 billion views on YouTube, and has 58.8 million subscribers, ranking second in the world as a popular artist.
Netizens who heard this news are in a position to be absurd. Netizens responded by saying, “A slave lives in Hannam the Hill”, “I think North Korea is a slave rich,” “A slave is a world-class luxury model.”
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