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| North Korea's girl band Moranbang cancels shows, leaves China abruptly |
| 2015-12-13 |
| [CNN] North Korean girl band Moranbang have canceled their shows in Beijing, China's National Center for the Performing Arts (NCPA) confirmed. Famously handpicked by North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, they were originally scheduled to perform a week of shows in Beijing in a bid to improve relations between the two countries. The all-female group, which sings synthesizer-backed paeans about the repressive leader's "warm heart" and "sweet smile," were scheduled to perform their first show on Saturday night. But the NCPA, the venue for the shows, posted a statement on its official Weibo account saying the North Korean performances have been canceled "for a reason" and apologized to its audience. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Looks like the cancellation is due to a NOKOR-Beijing tiff ... ... * SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST > BEIJING NO-SHOW OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER'S HAND-PICKED BAND POINTS TO DUPLICITOUS RIFT WID CHINA: ANALYSTS, on various bilateral issues including but not limited to KJU's claim of a NOKOR-dev "hydrogen bomb" + NOKOR-China political protocols [NOKOR wants respect]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-13 23:30 |
| #6 Uh, uh, GOOD THING NOKOR HAS THE HYDROGEN BOMB!? gut nuthin. Looks like Pudgy's = NOKOR's Anti-China version of Fifth Harmony or the Spice Girls is NOT off to a good start??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-12-13 19:49 |
| #5 A girl band "hand picked" could feasibly make good HUMINT on the tin pot. Maybe they were approached by Chinese spys. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-12-13 19:27 |
| #4 Even in Peking, who would buy a ticket to such an event? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2015-12-13 17:59 |
| #3 I suspect one or more members of the troupe tried to defect... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2015-12-13 09:25 |
| #2 I suspect real Kpop was in town. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-12-13 07:10 |
| #1 North Korean girl band |
| Posted by: Sloluth Protector of the Weak7539 2015-12-13 02:26 |