MIRROR
Four North Korean students have been expelled from school and forced to work in a coal mine because they sound like they have been listening to foreign entertainment, it is reported.
Kim Jong-un is known for taking a hard line on attempts to bring in music, films or television shows with smugglers believed to have been put to death.
Content such as “Squid Game” or “Crash Landing on You” is often brought in from South Korea on USB flash drives.
But the reclusive state is cracking down on imported entertainment after four students were arrested because they were using the softer accents typical of people in South Korea.
In addition, it is claimed they also used language from South Korea.
The students have been sent to work in a coal mine in the Onsong region close to the border with China.
Speaking in a Seoul dialect is seen as trendy for North Korean youth, said Radio Free Asia source, but for the regime it is considered counter revolutionary.
