Posted on 12/13/2015 11:26:19 PM PST by TigerLikesRooster
Chinese censors are scrubbing sites of mentions of North Korean girl band
By Victoria Ho 19 minutes ago
After the Moranbong Band's abrupt cancelation of their performances in Beijing over the weekend, it appears Chinese censors went to work deleting speculation and chatter about the North Korean girl band on mainland sites.
The Moranbong Band, whose members were said to be handpicked by North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, were on a goodwill mission to Beijing and were set to perform three concerts starting Saturday night. But just hours before the first, they abruptly canceled the gig and headed home on a North Korean jet.
The band was supposed to perform songs such as "Long Live the Workers' Party of Korea" and "I wanted to see you (Comrade Kim Jong-un)" at the invite-only goodwill concert, said Sina.
North Korea did not offer an explanation, and the Chinese state-run press cited "communication issues at the working level" for the cancelation.
The failure of the concerts, which the Chinese foreign ministry earlier said was meant to improve ties between China and North Korea, sparked speculation that North Korea had taken offense at some of the chatter online leading up to the performances.
Posters on Weibo noticed that the day after the band's departure, searches for "Moranbong Band" were blocked on the Twitter-like site, instead showing an error message.
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Their set list looks like a good reason for cancelling their concert.
TTIWWP
“...whose members were said to be handpicked by North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un...”
I’ll bet they were, I’ll bet they were! Know what I mean? Know what I mean? Say no more.....
Dang, and I was so looking forward to their version of “Good Gorry, Miss Morry.”
This is America's future.
Cancelled because the Chinese blogosphere has been a-Twitter about “Fat Kim III” and his disappearing girlfriends (probably ate ‘em...literally).
“Long Live the Workers’ Party of Korea” is a catchy song:
The gong rings at 5am
My father yells, “Off you go to see Comrade Kim!”
Oh, father, dear, it’s been so good to see ya
And long live the Workers’ Party of Korea
Oh, long live the Workers’ Party of Korea
They seem to have learned or been taught a lot from our entertainment industry.
That reminds me of Jeff Wayne’s Musical version of War of the Worlds.
“https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlpl-RzsCck";
China has it’s own “girl band” and they are truly unique.
Artfully mixing modern and traditional instruments and motifs.
The Norks can’t come close to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqhLZGGWHNA
I imagine one or more members are already dead.
Very nice
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