Forbidden K-pop to centre stage: North Koreans set for music debut

Growing up in North Korea, Hyuk’s childhood was about survival.”To me, the world was just North Korea — nothing beyond that,” he told AFP.
His bandmate, Seok, also grew up in the North — but in contrast to Hyuk’s hardscrabble upbringing, he was raised in a relatively affluent family, living close to the border.