N. Korea to impose harsher penalties on use of S. Korean slang

The North’s move to stamp out South Korean slang reinforces a view shared by experts that South Korean media and pop culture have permeated into North Korea’s younger generation. - Illustrative file pic

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): North Korea is clamping down on the use of South Korean slang and expressions, which experts in Seoul see as a response to the growing influence of South Korean dramas and films in the reclusive state.

According to the North’s official Korean Central News Agency, the communist regime has adopted new legislation that seeks to impose stronger punishment on its residents who taint the “Pyongyang standard language” with foreign influences.