Should North Korean YouTube be banned?
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“The videos themselves are an attempt at modernity...whatever else one thinks of the soundtrack, editing & the filters it at least gives us a view of North Korea made by North Koreans. And that's all we can ask for."
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“The videos themselves are an attempt at modernity...whatever else one thinks of the soundtrack, editing & the filters it at least gives us a view of North Korea made by North Koreans. And that's all we can ask for."
What's beyond remarkable is Jin Hui looking into the camera and saying: “I think we will get to know each other better through further communication and exchanges." A smart, sophisticated North Korean elite is extending an olive branch IN ENGLISH to the Western English-speaking
world proposing we cross the ideological divide and get to know one another better thru communications, particularly thru social media. But YouTube slams the door closed. How rude is that for a social media giant to act so unfriendly - as if a West-DPRK relationship was anathema?
In spite of YouTube banning Gen Z North Korean elite vlogs, we know that North Korea is improving its image abroad as a progressive socialist country unphased by sanctions & Western disdain & continues marching to the beat of a different drum. Banning NK vids doesn't change this.
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