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Britain's global dictionary recently added 26 new Korean words, including "brother," to reflect the global status of Korean pop culture. However, North Korea is known to reject external cultures such as the Korean Wave to the extent that it faces up to two years of labor edification if it uses the word "oppa." Reporter Kim Young-kwon covered it.

Britain's world-class Oxford English Dictionary (OED), published in 1884, recently said it added 26 new Korean words on its website.

The words added by Oxford Dictionary are food, music, tradition, and popular cultural terms such as Oppa, Daebak, Mukbang, K-Drama, Korean-style English expressions Skinship, and Fighting.

Oxford English Dictionary, which shows 600,000 words, meanings, and history used in the English-speaking world from the 11th century to the present, said, "We are all at the peak of the Korean Wave," adding, "This can be felt not only in movies, music, and fashion, but also in language."

[Oxford English Dictionary website] "우리는 모두 한류의 정점을 타고 있고, 이것은 영화, 음악, 패션뿐만 아니라 우리 언어에서도 느낄 수 있습니다."

In this regard, major English-speaking media such as Britain's "BBC" and the U.S. "CNN" reported that Korean cultural fever such as BTS BTS, the U.S. Academy Award-winning film "Parasite," and "Squid Game," which recently captivated drama fans around the world, have reached a global dictionary.

Greg Scalatu, secretary-general of the North Korean Human Rights Commission from Europe and speaks four languages including Korean, told VOA on the 8th that the addition of Korean Wave terms in the Oxford English Dictionary clearly shows the formula of opening and exchange leading to economic development and influence.

[Recording: President Scalatu] "Korea is now recognized as an advanced country." Korea, which has been open and developed a lot, has accepted a lot of foreign languages, but now Korean is becoming a (popular) foreign language in other countries. That's how open the world is! Cultural exchange! This reflects Korea's economic, social, political, and level of development."

However, there is almost the only country in the world that considers foreign cultural access such as the Korean Wave as a serious crime and punishes it.

In an open letter to U.N. member states to mark the 76th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean Labor Party on the 10th, 40 civil society organizations joined by more than 300 organizations around the world criticized the North Korean leadership for criminalizing foreign culture by enacting the Anti-Violence Culture Act.

Under the direction of Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong-un, young people's basic rights are in jeopardy as they are sentenced to up to 15 years of labor education, especially in distribution.

In fact, the South Korean National Intelligence Service said in a report to the National Assembly in July that the North Korean leadership is intensively cracking down on young people's clothes and South Korean-style speech in the name of a non-socialist struggle.

I am Ha Tae-kyung, secretary of the National Intelligence Committee of the National Assembly, who received a report from the NIS.

[Recording: Ha Tae-kyung] "Kim Jung-eun ordered the party to launch a socialist protection war more aggressively at the plenary session, and the authorities are intensively cracking down on young people's clothes and South Korean-style speech.""You can't call your husband oppa, you can't call him oppa, you can't call him 'honey', you can't call him 'boyfriend', you have to call him 'Namdongmu'."

It is explained that if caught using a Korean accent, such as calling her husband or boyfriend "brother," she will be branded as an enemy of the revolution and face up to two years of labor edification.

The U.S. New York Times newspaper also recently said, "Kim Jung-eun defined K-pop as a 'vicious cancer' that degrades North Korean young people's attire, hairstyle, words, and behavior," adding, "For Kim Jong-un, the influence of the Korean Wave that captivates North Korean young people seems to be a threat to social dominance."

Doug Bandow, a senior researcher at the Keito Institute, a private organization in Washington, said in an article in the diplomatic and security journal "National Interest," adding, "The battle between North Korean totalitarianism and K-pop is showing growing fears of the Kim Jong-un regime against South Korea."

However, North Korean defectors living in foreign countries, including the UK, are reacting absurdly to Chairman Kim Jong-un's policy of punishing the Korean Wave enjoyed by most global residents as crimes.

I'm Timothy Cho from North Korea and I work for the British Parliament.

[Recording: Mr. Timothy Cho] "I'm really angry and speechless. When it comes to BTS, there is almost no one in the UK who doesn't know it. The same goes for Parasite movies and Squid Games. I think North Korea is the only one in the world. A country that sends people to prison for mentioning such words. British friends are even asking if such a country really exists on Earth."

Cho criticized VOA on the 8th, saying, "It is a fundamental right of humans to freely speak and express what they think," adding, "It is cruel and hypocritical for a young leader to cover the eyes and ears of young people."

As Chairman Kim Jong-un defined K-pop as a "vicious cancer," he is taking a dual step of shaking hands with them after watching the performance even when he changed his schedule during the 2018 performance of Red Velvet, a Korean female K-pop group.

A source from North Korea, a former Pyongyang elite and residing in a third country, told VOA on the 10th that "the crackdown on Korean pop culture has continued since the past, and that when you come abroad, you quickly realize that such measures are "too absurd."

[North Korean sources] "It's absurd, ridiculous, and I think I'm out of my mind."

The source pointed out that South Korean director Shin Sang-ok reminds me of the movie "Uui Hong Gil-dong" produced in Pyongyang in the past, and that "North Korea, which prevents me from calling my brother brother as my father, is the same as in the Joseon Dynasty.

He also said that among the North Koreans dispatched overseas, older generations like Korean entertainment, dramas, and young generations like himself like K-pop, and that he "thinks of this global Korean Wave culture as a pride."

[North Korea source] "I'm so proud of you. Korean K-pop is not only here, but also around the world, honestly, there is no one in this country who doesn't know BTS. Young people. That's about that much! I don't want to see the people. "I don't think there will be a time when your own brother can call you oppa."

President Scaratu said, "The situation between the two Koreas is very contrasting," adding, "In order for the North Korean leadership to realize a true 'people's public center', it must try to develop through foreign culture acceptance, not eradication of non-socialism."

I'm Kim Young Kwon from VOA News.

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