KUALA LUMPUR: While K-Pop culture is welcomed all over the globe, it is much frowned upon by South Korea's nearest neighbour, especially by the authority.
In a recent report in New York Times, North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un said that K-Pop stars' influence was like vicious cancer spreading fast among its people, especially the younger generation.
Kim blamed the culture and music imported from its neighbour for "spoiling" the younger North Koreans, and therefore his administration had banned and imposed strict punishment to those found guilty of subscribing any film, K-drama series or K-Pop music from South Korea.
The news report also revealed that the anti K-Pop campaign was listed in a classified document which had apparently been leaked out from the republic.
The state propaganda also blamed that the "anti-socialist" influence has slowly changed the lifestyle of the younger North Koreans, from their "clothes, hairstyles, speech and behaviour."
Last December, Kim introduced a new law with stricter punishment for those caught watching or in possession of any entertainment from South Korea.
Under the new law, the previously five-year imprisonment has been changed to 15-year hard labour.