[스포츠서울 이게은기자] Was it a stomachache at the global popularity of our K-pop stars? The propaganda media in North Korea made a compelling claim that South Korean idols, such as the group BTS and Black Pink, were “regarded as’slaves’.”
On the 13th, North Korean propaganda media Arirang Meari put a story about K-pop stars in an article titled “South Korean youth singers subordinate to conglomerates and force a miserable life.” In this article, “The South Korean media reported that renowned youth singers in South Korea have recently been subordinated to large corporations and are forced to live a miserable life. According to him, most of the youth singers, including BTS and Black Pink, are at a young age, such as SM Entertainment, and art. It is said that they have signed exclusive contracts with related conglomerates and are receiving training for mass singers.”
In addition, “I suffer from severe human insults and pains in the course of severe training, and suffer from mental and physical pain, such as being forced into sexual entertainment. Just like living in a prison without iron bars”, “I am bound by an unfair contract and are being held in custody. My soul is taken away. He criticized it with leaps and bounds by putting expressions such as “being treated as a slave”.
Some of the content mentioned is actually a problem originating from several agencies, but it is interpreted as being dismissed with the intention due to an excessively expanded interpretation. As a compelling argument that came out of caution about whether Korean singers beyond Korean dramas would affect North Korea, the reaction that netizens were also embarrassed and only laughed was a popular opinion.
Meanwhile, BTS was the first Korean popular singer to be nominated for a Grammy Award on the 15th (Korean time) and unfolded to a standalone stage. Black Pink also recently surpassed 20 million Spotify followers for the first time in a global girl group, proving its global popularity again.
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