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[–] Rojo27@hexbear.net 38 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The 2024 report on North Korean human rights by South Korea's...

what-the-hell

[–] SacredExcrement@hexbear.net 26 points 11 months ago

I'm sure America's vassal state is always 100% honest and reputable when it comes to reporting on the nature of it's communist, northern counterpart. I'm also sure South Korea's wildly conservative and deranged social structuring plays no role in this sort of 'reporting' either.

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

ok so i think the real reddit users in there were the ones being racist 'id rather die than listen to foreign music hyuk hyuk' and the ones rolling their eyes at the credulous belief of the story

everything else was astroturf. i need to believe this for my health

[–] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

You’re probably not far off with how heavily that site is astroturfed. Their attitude on domestic politics, Russia, and Israel differ too much from the average person

[–] Balefirex@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Dude in the comments saying this is fake like most North Korean stories but goes on to say he's not defending the horrible regime???

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

These people are deeply unserious.

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 21 points 11 months ago

Executed for being cringe.

[–] GnastyGnuts@hexbear.net 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

K-pop to me is like the musical equivalent of extremely over-processed cheese. It's so corporate I feel like I can hear the execs jacking it to CP in the background of every track.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

From what I understand of the k-pop industry, most of those execs have been inside the artists themselves

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Extreme music snob Kim Jong Un sounds like a funny bit

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"ugh, I'm so sick of listening to Pavement"

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm trying to think of who would be this Kim's Dennis Rodman lmao

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was thinking him or Robert Christgau, but I haven't really kept up with music in the past 5 years or so lol

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Same here. Once I got past 35 I just stopped actively seeking out new music.

[–] LENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

Kim Jong Un is a massive Reveluv and his bias is Irene from Red Velvet

I hate that i understood this

[–] jimmyjohnsandwichsix@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago

I saw this on the front page of reddit and someone who said they don't believe this got called a tankie instantly lmao

[–] sir_this_is_a_wendys@hexbear.net 6 points 11 months ago

Based if true

[–] sharkfucker420@hexbear.net 5 points 11 months ago

There have literally been kpop performances in the DPRK