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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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 Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:53 pm Post subject: Korea to close all karaoke bars! |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea will close its karaoke bars in an attempt to stem foreign influences on the isolated communist country, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday.
Separately, the North's Ministry of People's Security conducted house-to-house overnight inspections near the Chinese border earlier this month to search for cell phones and illegal video CDs, the Good Friends aid agency said in a newsletter.
The ministry said in a directive last week that silencing the karaoke outlets was a "mopping-up operation to prevent the ideological and cultural permeation of anti-socialism," according to the aid group.
Violators were warned they would face punishment, including deportation to other North Korean regions.
The group, whose previous reports on the North's isolated regime have been reliable, did not say how it obtained the information. The number of North Korean karaoke bars was unclear.
Officials at South Korea's top spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, were not immediately available for comment.
South Korea's Dong-A Ilbo newspaper carried a similar report citing the directive.
The newspaper said that the North also ordered the shutdown of video screening rooms, while banning unauthorized computers and fax machines.
The North has cracked down on outside influences before. The regime has previously imposed restrictions on cell phones and South Korean pop culture.
Despite the crackdowns, some North Koreans use cell phones through Chinese communication networks. South Korean pop culture appears to be gaining popularity in the North through smuggled discs of South Korean TV dramas and movies, defectors say.
North Korea's state-run media frequently warn that imperialists are trying to poison the country's culture and ideals through a U.S. offensive to topple the communist regime. Washington denies the claim. E-mail to a friend
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shantaram
Joined: 10 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:54 pm Post subject: |
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| What about noraebangs? |
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The_Conservative
Joined: 15 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:56 pm Post subject: |
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| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
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root555
Joined: 09 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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| conservative- shut up |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:59 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
Balony.
This post was more interesting to read than the rest of the gibberish posted on here by idiots like myself. |
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ajgeddes
Joined: 28 Apr 2004
Location: Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
You are the biggest downer on this site. Take a pill. |
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spliff
Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| The_Conservative wrote: |
| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
I'd have to agree, it's hardly a concern for someone living and working in South Korea what happens in North Korea or The Sudan for that matter. |
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IncognitoHFX
Joined: 06 May 2007
Location: Yeongtong, Suwon
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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| ajgeddes wrote: |
| The_Conservative wrote: |
| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
You are the biggest downer on this site. Take a pill. |
Its because he voted for Bush.  |
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Tony_Balony
Joined: 12 Apr 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| I have been corrected many times by Korean high school students to the fact that there is only one Korea. The troll like appearance of my headline is actually a poorly planned and executed attempt at cultural sensitivity. |
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boyne11
Joined: 08 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Jul 11, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| IncognitoHFX wrote: |
| ajgeddes wrote: |
| The_Conservative wrote: |
| This forum is for discussing issues related to living in SOUTH Korea, not North. |
You are the biggest downer on this site. Take a pill. |
Its because he voted for Bush. |
I voted for Bush too.  |
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