NK Bans Fun
I am guessing this is in response to Japan’s crackdown of its political front in that country
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea has ordered the closure of karaoke bars in an apparent attempt to stem outside influences on the isolated communist country, a South Korean civic group said Wednesday.
Separately, the North’s Ministry of People’s Security conducted house-to-house overnight inspections in areas near the border with China earlier this month to search for cell phones and illegal video CDs, the Good Friends aid agency said in a newsletter.
The ministry said in a directive last week that the move against karaoke outlets was a “mopping-up operation to prevent the ideological and cultural permeation of anti-socialism,” according to the aid group.
Violators were warned they would face punishment, including deportation to other regions within North Korea.
