North Korean Audience Watches K-Pop Performance in 2018

This footage captures the audience's reaction during the historic 2018 concert in Pyongyang, where the South Korean girl group Red Velvet performed. The event marked the first time a K-pop group had performed in North Korea since 2005. The video highlights the contrast between the high-energy stage performance and the stoic, reserved demeanor of the North Korean attendees, who remain largely motionless throughout the show. The cultural exchange was a significant diplomatic moment, though the visual record shows a stark difference in audience engagement compared to typical K-pop concert environments.

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budi_71xNewcomerSep 25, 2026

.......same reaction

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reza_hosseiniNewcomerSep 25, 2026

Did they clap out of sync!!?? Take them away, and punish their next 4 generations!

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the_minjunNewcomerSep 25, 2026

They're probably thinking: "Holy shit, the South doesn't have enough food too!!!"

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sharma.arjunNewcomerSep 25, 2026

Years of enslavement by a fat toddler, tend to suck your soul out of your body

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the_giuliaNewcomerSep 25, 2026

"Whoever smiles dies" -probably Kim

alejandro_ramrezNewcomerSep 25, 2026

They don't have any sort of frame of reference or behavior model for that and are probably scared shitless that the wrong reaction will get them and their family for three generations sent to the gulags.

salma4NewcomerSep 25, 2026

They can see very well how out of sync they are. They've seen 1000s women march and dance in perfect sync. That does not impress them maybe?

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kowalski.janNewcomerSep 25, 2026

Would be slightly more interesting if you wouldn't change the music (so we know what they are listening to).

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eleni84NewcomerSep 25, 2026

In April 2018, K-pop girl group Red Velvet made history by performing in North Korea, becoming the first K-pop girl group to hold a concert there since 2005. They performed at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre as part of a peace-themed cultural exchange aimed at improving relation

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anastasiasmirnova74NewcomerSep 25, 2026

if you react positively , you die. that always makes for a fun concert.