Seoul, March 21, 2025 (AFP) - Forbidden K-pop to centre stage: North Koreans set for music debut

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Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk's childhood was about survival. He never listened to banned K-pop music but, after defecting to the South, he's about to debut as an idol. Hyuk is one of two young North Koreans in a new K-pop band called 1Verse -- the first time that performers originally from the nuclear-armed North have been trained up for stardom in South Korea's global K-pop industry. Before he was 10, Hyuk -- who like many K-pop idols now goe......

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