newspaper headlines, The hit show has attracted global attention – not least from a North Korean propaganda website – for its takedown of capitalism. But the streaming service
The hit show has attracted global attention – not least from a North Korean propaganda website – for its takedown of capitalism. But the streaming service has wasted no time in commodifying the show’s success, writes Arwa Mahdawi<br>
As South Korea has emerged as a worldwide cultural hub, North Korea has regularly criticized its culture, describing it as shallow and decadent and comparing it unfavorably with the image it cultivates of itself as an egalitarian paradise although that image bears little resemblance to reality.