Forbidden K-pop to centre stage: North Koreans set for music debut

Forbidden K-Pop To Centre Stage: North Koreans Set For Music Debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music but, after defecting to the South, he's about to debut as an idol. Hyuk is one of two young North Koreans in a new K-pop band called 1Verse -- the first time that performers originally from the nuclear-armed North have been trained up for stardom in South Korea's global K-pop industry. Before he was 10, Hyuk -- who like many K-pop idols now go…

Forbidden K-pop to center stage: North Koreans set for music debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music but, after defecting to the South, he's about to debut as an idol. Hyuk is one of two young North Koreans in a new K-pop band called 1Verse -- the first time that…

Forbidden K-pop to centre stage: North Korean defectors set for music debut in South

Two North Koreans who left the country for South Korea will soon debut as K-pop idols in a new band called 1Verse.

Forbidden K-pop to centre stage: North Koreans set for music debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music but, after defecting to the South, he's about to debut as an idol.

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Forbidden K-pop To Centre Stage: North Koreans Set For Music Debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. "To me, the world was just North Korea -- nothing beyond that," he told AFP. His bandmate, Seok, also grew up in the North -- but in contrast to Hyuk's hardscrabble upbringing, he was raised in a relatively affluent family, living close to the border.