🇰🇵 the 11 year old north korean youtuber - how propaganda evolves

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screenshot from sary voline’s channel

👧 north korea has a kids channel

sary voline is the name of a north korean youtuber. the channel has

• about 12k subscribers

• 6 videos on how life in NK is great

• uploads starting from april 2022 to just last week

the star of the channel, song-a, is an 11 year old girl who loves harry potter and even has a british accent. she lives in pyeongyang (the capital of NK)

💁 why have a child youtuber?

this is not NK’s first attempt to show their propaganda on youtube. past channels include:

• Korea Central TV

• Red Star TV

• Revolutionary Activities News

all of these channels broadcasted news programming made in north korea and were ultimately deleted by google a few years ago. this kids channel seems to be the regime’s latest attempt to show its propaganda to the outside world

💡 something im thinking about

image from <men> (2022)

recently watched the a24 horror film <men>. if you’re a fan of twisted and grotesque stuff i’d recommend it

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