Thread: South Korea bans TikTok hit 'idolising' Kim Jong Un

South Korea has said it will ban a viral North Korean propaganda tune that extols Pyongyang's dictator Kim Jong Un as a "friendly father" and "great leader".

Seoul's media regulator said the music video, which has become a hit on TikTok since its release in April, is a violation of the country's National Security Act.

"[The song] idolizes Kim Jong Un and praises and glorifies him," Seoul's Korea Communications Standards Commission said in a statement on Monday.

The Security Act blocks access to the North's government websites and media, and penalises behaviours and speeches in favour of the regime.

Twenty-nine versions of the Friendly Father music video will be blocked, the commission said, but it did not elaborate on how that would be done. The decision was prompted by a request from South Korea's National Intelligence Service, it added.

“The video is typical content linked to psychological warfare against South Korea, as it was posted on a channel operated to connect with the outside world and is mainly focused on unilaterally idolising and glorifying Kim,” the regulator said.

The impending ban has piqued the interest of South Koreans, many of whom have checked out the music video since the announcement, according to comments they have left on the video. Some commented that the authorities should leave the video accessible "so that more people can enjoy the joke".

Friendly Father is the latest in a line of pop songs Pyongyang's propaganda machine has churned out in the past 50 years.

The bright-tempoed, catchy hit describes Mr Kim as “father” and “the Great” - terms previously reserved for North Korea’s first leader, his grandfather Kim Il Sung.

Friendly Father: South Korea bans TikTok hit idolising Kim Jong Un

The "bright-tempoed, catchy hit:



It's a real foot tapper, they should have entered it in Eurovision.

Banning it may not be the best course of action…

Originally Posted by DrWilly

Banning it may not be the best course of action…

Best advertising around.

Are South Korea on such shaky ground, that it needs banning ...music ?

(Is it any good ? )

For lovers of soul music it's grim oop norf