North Korea arrests youths over K-drama

North Korea arrests youths over K-drama

Police in Pyongsong city, South Pyongan province, arrested two young North Korean men in June 2026. A friend who had watched banned South Korean dramas with them turned himself in first, overcome with guilt, a source told Daily NK. A source in South Pyongan province said on Wednesday that the Ministry of Social Security, North Korea’s police agency, arrested the two men at the end of last month. Officers accused them of secretly watching a stack…

Guilt over watching K-drama leads to arrest in Pyongsong - The Press United

North Korean authorities arrested two young men in Pyongsong, South Pyongan province, in 2026. Their crime was watching K-drama, the South Korean dramas widely popular among North Korean people, along with other videos the state brands as impure recordings. A source in South Pyongan province told Daily NK on Wednesday that the Ministry of Social […] The post Guilt over watching K-drama leads to arrest in Pyongsong appeared first on The Press Uni…