On the other hand
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 Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:32 am Post subject: western pop culture in NK |
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The article claims that western pop culture has a presence in North Korea, but only in elite circles.
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"There is by all accounts a nascent youth culture in Pyongyang," said Brian Myers, an American assistant professor of Korean studies at Inje University in South Korea. "Sons and daughters from well-connected families have more access than most to black-market cultural products from South Korea, China and the West.
"These students have taken to imitating South Korean dress, hairstyles and slang to an extent that is causing the party concern."
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At the Pyongyang central library, Beck saw thousands of donated international books and a music room whose offerings ran from Mariah Carey to the Beatles. One student told Beck she had heard a Britney Spears song.
In a packed computer room with a wall chart saying "A global means of connecting people around the world," Beck saw fashionably dressed young women chatting online with school friends through an internal network.
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Once every two years, the Pyongyang Film Festival allows a select few to watch movies from distant lands like Egypt, Iran and Algeria. Last year audiences saw a dubbed and censored version of "Bend It Like Beckham," the British hit about a soccer-playing schoolgirl.
Cinemas, however, show only strongly patriotic North Korean offerings, advertised with vividly colored posters.
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