Pyongyang goes pop: A spy reviews Lethal Bizzle

North Korean radio consists largely of revolutionary anthems about being a diligent farmer. So what happened when our writer introduced Gallows, Lethal Bizzle and Coldplay to a local?On my first trip to North Korea in 2009 I asked my state-sanctioned guide (and very likely government spy) what the most popular song on the North Korea airwaves was at that moment. Mr Lee – a lithe, boyish gentleman with a clean-split centre-parting – sighed and told me it was a heroic ballad about being a dili...

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