North Korea blasts K-pop industry as 'slave-like exploitation' amid crackdown on foreign media
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North Korean propaganda website accuses K-pop record labels of exploiting bands like BTS and BLACKPINK -- likely part of a push by propagandists to crack down on foreign media.
Over the weekend, an article published by a North Korean propaganda website accused K-pop record labels of engaging in "slave-like exploitation" of hugely successful bands like BTS and BLACKPINK. The piece on North Korea's Arirang Meari site claimed K-pop artists were "bound to unbelievably unfair contracts from an early age, detained at their training and treated as slaves after being robbed of their body, mind and soul by the heads of vicious and corrupt art-related conglomerates."More Related News