{"id":21318,"date":"2012-07-09T11:10:41","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T08:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=21318"},"modified":"2012-07-09T11:10:41","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T08:10:41","slug":"disney-characters-performance-for-new-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-in-north-korea-21318","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/disney-characters-performance-for-new-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-in-north-korea-21318\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney characters performance for new Korean leader Kim Jong Un in North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Disney characters performance for new Korean leader Kim Jong Un in North Korea<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

North Korea\u00a0have shown up on stage\u00a0in a concert for Kim Jong-un with Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh\u00a0and many other Disney characters.<\/h1>\n

Performers dressed as some of America’s best-known Disney characters\u00a0were seen dancing\u00a0and frisked as footage from Snow White, Dumbo, Beauty and the Beast and other popular Disney films played on a huge backdrop last weekend in North Korea.<\/p>\n

The inclusion of characters popular in the west \u2013 particularly from the United States, North Korea’s wartime enemy \u2013 is a huge change in direction for performance arts of Disney characters in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n

Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh have taken the stage in North Korea during a concert for new principal Kim Jong Un<\/strong><\/h2>\n

This show to be the first time Disney characters have been included in a major performance, though Disney stars as Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse and Tigger have been popular among children for many years. Rucksacks, pencil cases and pyjamas imported from China often feature Disney characters, and stories such as Dumbo have been translated into Korean for schoolchildren.<\/p>\n

The concert was staged by the Moranbong band as its debut performance.\u00a0The band was put together by Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who says he has a ‘ grandiose plan to bring about a dramatic turn in the field of literature and arts this year. ‘<\/p>\n

Koh Yu-hwan, a professor of North Korean studies based in Seoul in South Korea said that the tribute by Disney characters signalled that Kim could carve a different image to his father Kim Jong-il who has died in December 2011\u00a0and grandfather amid an easing of restrictions on western culture.<\/p>\n

Disney characters makes official debut in North Korea for Kim Jong Un<\/h3>\n

The spokesperson for The Walt Disney Co.\u00a0Zenia Mucha, said the use of Disney characters in the North Korean performance was not authorized by the United States entertainment company.<\/p>\n

She told : ‘ This was not licensed or authorized by The Walt Disney Company. ‘<\/p>\n

United States sanctions prohibit the import of North Korean goods to the US, but do not ban the sales of American consumer products in North Korea unless they involve officials or companies on the United States Treasury Department’s sanctions blacklist.<\/p>\n

North Korea and the United States remain in a technical state of war because they signed a truce, not a peace treaty, after 3 years of fighting in 1953. The foes do not have diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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