{"id":49991,"date":"2021-11-29T15:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49991"},"modified":"2021-11-29T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T06:53:39","slug":"north-korean-soldier-arrested-performing-dance-south-korean-pop-group","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-soldier-arrested-performing-dance-south-korean-pop-group\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean soldier arrested for performing dance by S. Korean pop group"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43604\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43604\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43604\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/\uc870\uc120\uc778\ubbfc\uad70.jpg\" alt=\"anti-socialist punishment\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/\uc870\uc120\uc778\ubbfc\uad70.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/\uc870\uc120\uc778\ubbfc\uad70-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/\uc870\uc120\uc778\ubbfc\uad70-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/\uc870\uc120\uc778\ubbfc\uad70-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43604\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean soldiers \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A North Korean has once again been arrested for performing a dance by South Korean pop group BTS. The authorities appear to be cracking down heavily on &#8220;anti-socialist&#8221; behavior as people in some areas of the country view music videos and other media from South Korea, including the hit series \u201cSquid Game.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province on Friday, a platoon leader with a patrol company of the Ninth Corps was arrested by the corps branch of the Ministry of State Security on Nov. 12.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The soldier, a man in his 20s identified by his family name of Kim, was charged with performing a dance by BTS during \u201crecreational time\u201d the day before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To bolster morale, the North Korean military grants two hours of recreation a day after work. Kim took the lead during one session, dancing to bolster the spirits of soldiers suffering from economic troubles due to COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the end, however, he was dragged off the very next day, charged with imitating a dance by BTS.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During questioning, Kim denied even knowing who BTS is. He claimed he simply performed a dance he used to perform in his hometown to boost the morale of the soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the Ministry of State Security said he was lying and gave him three months in the stockade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said Kim was well-behaved, often resolving the difficulties the soldiers faced. Because he was well-regarded by the officers and men of his company, he avoided a dishonorable discharge or expulsion from the communist party.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is not clear whether North Korea\u2019s law against \u201creactionary thought and culture,\u201d which was enacted late last year, bans people from doing South Korean dances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As North Korea expands efforts to crack down on South Korean pop culture in line with bolstered ideological propaganda efforts, however, punishments like that given to Kim may continue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK previously reported that three airmen at the headquarters of the Korean People&#8217;s Army Air and Anti-Air Force were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/soldiers-trouble-doing-bts-blood-sweat-tears-dance-moves\/\">arrested for performing a BTS dance<\/a> in August of last year. After a six-month investigation, they were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/three-soldiers-caught-mimicking-south-korean-dance-moves-sent-political-prison-camp\/\">dragged off<\/a> to the Ministry of Social Security\u2019s political prison camp in Kaechon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%b0%a9%ed%83%84%ec%86%8c%eb%85%84%eb%8b%a8-%eb%aa%a8%eb%b0%a9-%ed%98%90%ec%9d%98%ec%97%90-%ec%98%88%ec%a0%84%eb%b6%80%ed%84%b0-%ec%b7%84%eb%8d%98-%ec%b6%a4-%ec%96%b5%ec%9a%b8%ed%95%a8-%ed%98%b8\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Korean has once again been arrested for performing a dance by South Korean pop group BTS. 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