2023-05-12 05:23:00
Disney’s animation ‘Frozen’ has appeared in the Pyongyang elite school classroom.
North Korea is teaching students English conversation through a Disney movie.
Shall we listen?
If you look carefully at the blackboard, you can see the line from ‘Frozen’, “Do you wanna build a snowman?”
It is explained that with the encouragement of Chairman Kim, the English class method was changed to a conversation-oriented one.
[세거리초급중학교 교원 최은정 / 조선중앙TV : 우리는 종래의 문법 위주의 교육으로부터 *회화 위주로* 넘어가게 되었습니다. 그렇게 되니 학생들이 외국어에 취미를 가지게 되었으며…]
This is in stark contrast to the social atmosphere in North Korea.
North Korea is strictly cracking down on the inflow of foreign culture.
In 2020, the ‘Reactionary Thought and Culture Exclusion Act’ was created, and if you watch foreign media without state approval, you can be executed or sentenced to life imprisonment.
In particular, it is notorious for public executions of Korean drama circulators.
In fact, Chairman Kim Jong-un has shown his affection for Disney several times.
In the early days of Chairman Kim Jong-un’s presidency, Disney friends such as Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse appeared in the Moranbong Band performance.
At the time, Chairman Kim Jong-un and the leadership, who were watching the performance, were captured applauding.
In 2016, DVDs like Beauty and the Beast and Finding Nemo were sold at market stalls run by the North Korean government.
Rumors that Chairman Kim Jong-un entered Japan with his older brother Kim Jong-cheol on a fake passport and went to Disneyland when he was 7 or 8 years old were reported through Japanese media.
Chairman Kim Jong-un is known to be fluent in English and familiar with Western culture, having studied in Switzerland as a child.
Even though they made a law to block the inflow of Western culture and constantly emphasized that ‘the United States is the main enemy’, it seems that they cannot hide their love for Disney cartoons made in the United States.
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