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8 January 2016

Seoul delivers barrage of K-pop across border to North Korea

In this Oct. 6, 2013, file photo, South Korean K-Pop girl group Apink performs during Hallyu Dream Concert in Gyeongju, South Korea. South Korea is trying to get under the skin of its archrival with border broadcasts that feature not only criticism of North Korea’s nuclear program, troubled economy and human rights abuses, but also a unique homegrown weapon: K-pop. “Just Let Us Love” by a popular female group Apink is one of the songs being broadcast across the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea.
South Korea tries to get under the skin of its archrival with border broadcasts that feature not only criticism of North Korea's nuclear program, troubled economy and human rights abuses, but also a unique homegrown weapon: K-pop.
Performers on the propaganda playlist Seoul began blasting across the border Friday include a female K-pop band that rose to fame when its members fell multiple times on stage, and a middle-aged singer who rose from obscurity last year with a song about living for 100 years. The broadcasts are in retaliation for the North's nuclear test Wednesday.