While millions of fans are either singing or dancing or simply just obsessing to the tunes of K-pop, one of the most popular genres of music in the world right now, there is a certain Korean dictator who's having none of it.

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BTS, SuperM, Black Pink, and EXO are a few of the wildly popular K-pop bands who have made their way into the hearts and souls of music lovers across the globe.

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However, despite the catchy tunes of Korean popular music, North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un does not want the music to be anywhere near his homeland and has even gone on to the extent of calling it a "vicious cancer".

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It is suggested that the 37-year-old North Korean dictator believes that K-pop music has been corrupting the country's youth.

The end result?

Well, Kim Jong Un and North Korean state media are actively rallying against South Korean pop culture which includes movies, K-dramas, and K-pop videos.

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Last December, the dictator introduced new laws under which anyone caught watching or possessing South Korean content could be sentenced to up to 15 years of hard labor.

As per reports, the previous maximum punishment for fans of popular acts such as BTS was of around five years.

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What's worse is that the people who choose to smuggle in K-pop music could even face execution in the country.

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Damn, that's a lot of punishment for just listening to some music. Well, I guess he really just wants everyone to turn on the K-Jong-un radio.

Apparently, Kim's war against K-pop is all down to his belief that the South Korean culture will end up corrupting the “attire, hairstyles, speeches, behaviors” of his homeland's youth.

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According to Jung Gwang-il, a defector who runs a network that smuggles K-pop into North Korea, Kim is kind of insecure about things.

“Young North Koreans think they owe nothing to Kim Jong Un,”

“He must reassert his ideological control on the young if he doesn’t want to lose the foundation for the future of his family’s dynastic rule,” said Jung while speaking to The Times.

Well, Kim, we don't know much about running an entire country, but clearly killing them or jailing them for listening to music doesn't really seem like the best way forward for earning the love and support of your countrymen. 

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