This week’s Ask a North Korean deviates somewhat from our usual formula. Instead of publishing answers to readers’ questions, we’re publishing the second part of a series of excerpts from an upcoming e-book by one of our longtime contributors, Ji-Min Kang, which will be released later this year. 

In this excerpt, Ji-Min, who now lives in London, recounts an evening spent watching a South Korean drama with friends. 

The government told us that singing and dancing to South Korean songs had a negative impact on your body and soul. 

Perhaps they were right: that music really did change our attitude