{"id":66109,"date":"2026-01-28T07:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=66109"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:37:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:37:13","slug":"over-50-detained-north-korea-watching-cho-yong-pil-kbs-concert-usb-drives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/over-50-detained-north-korea-watching-cho-yong-pil-kbs-concert-usb-drives\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 50 detained in North Korea for watching Cho Yong-pil&#8217;s KBS concert on USB drives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">North Korean state security agencies have detained dozens of people for watching videos of South Korean singer Cho Yong-pil&#8217;s wildly popular &#8220;This Moment Forever&#8221; performance on South Korean broadcaster KBS during last year&#8217;s Chuseok holiday, recordings of which have circulated in the North via USB devices.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong province said recently that videos of Cho&#8217;s &#8220;This Moment Forever&#8221; concert, which appeared on South Korean TV around October of last year, &#8220;were circulating in the North via USBs,&#8221; and that the provincial branch of the Ministry of State Security &#8220;had begun investigations to minutely track the videos&#8217; distributors and distribution channels.&#8221; In particular, the military&#8217;s security department was involved in the investigation &#8220;since not only ordinary people, but also several soldiers were busted,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">According to the source, state security agencies had detained over 50 people in Rason, Chongjin, and other places in the province between Dec. 20 and Jan. 20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">Most of the detained individuals told investigators that they watched Cho&#8217;s performance because they &#8220;thought there&#8217;d be little problem with it,&#8221; that they thought the video was safe to watch &#8220;because Cho had once performed in Pyongyang and they believed he was a South Korean singer the party approved of,&#8221; or that they watched it &#8220;because his songs don&#8217;t slander North Korea, nor do they contain weird or dangerous ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"text-text-100 mt-3 -mb-1 text-[1.125rem] font-bold\"><strong>Investigations expand to uncover broader consumption<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">However, state security agencies grilled the detained individuals, believing they had likely watched other videos besides Cho&#8217;s performance. Ultimately, several of them confessed to watching other videos\u2014or seeing pictures\u2014from abroad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">During questioning, it emerged that the detained individuals had long watched South Korean news and other content on the political situation in China or the state of the Russia-Ukraine war. In response, state security agencies are now focused on investigations to uncover the sources of this outside information and how it was distributed, and to identify the distributors and distribution channels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;The detained people uniformly testified that they usually received the videos from unknown people through unofficial distribution networks in the marketplace,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;State security officers are racing around, determined to find the distributors, but they are having a tough time because identifying them isn&#8217;t easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">State security agencies in each region have intensified joint investigations to determine how widely foreign videos, photos, and other files have penetrated through USB devices and to confiscate the materials they discover.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\">&#8220;The authorities are taking the latest case more seriously because the files are spreading largely in border and port cities like Rason and Chongjin; they are spreading rapidly because they are saved on USBs; and the people who have been busted include not only ordinary folk but also soldiers,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Currently, the Ministry of State Security is demanding that officers investigate the matter with the firm determination to root out the problem completely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20260128-6\/?tztc=1\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- Daily NK \u2014 A Note to Readers \u2014 End of Article Pattern -->\n<div style=\"background:#1a1a1a;border-top:3px solid #cc0000;padding:0;margin-top:32px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;\">\n  <div style=\"padding:20px 24px 24px;\">\n\n    <!-- Header row -->\n    <div style=\"display:flex;align-items:center;gap:12px;margin-bottom:14px;\">\n      <span style=\"background:#cc0000;color:#fff;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase;padding:3px 8px;flex-shrink:0;\">A Note to Readers<\/span>\n      <div style=\"flex:1;height:1px;background:#333;\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- Intro line -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:15px;color:#fff;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 12px;\">Reporting from inside North Korea<\/p>\n\n    <!-- Body -->\n    <p style=\"font-family:Georgia,serif;font-size:13px;color:#bbb;line-height:1.75;margin:0 0 16px;\">\n      Daily NK operates networks of sources inside North Korea who document events in real-time and transmit information through secure channels. 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