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NORTH KOREA North Korea: Three years in prison for simply singing a wrong song Because she had sung a South Korean folk song and taught it to four others in 1992, North Korean Ji Hae Nam (Hae-Nam Ji) was imprisoned for three years and tortured 09 June 2008 North Korea: Jason Carter - 'The Colour Of Silence' Excerpts from British guitarist Jason Carter's diary, 'The Colour Of Silence In The Axis Of Evil' - about his first performance in North Korea 24 April 2007 North Korea: Exiled because of passion for jazz Classical pianist Kim Cheol-woong (Cheol Woong Kim) had to flee North Korea to realise his dream of becoming a jazz musician 06 April 2006 Shoot the Singer! Book "Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today". The first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship, with cases from i.a. Burma, Mexico, Middle East, France, Algeria, Zimbabwe, USA, South Africa, Turkey. Edited by Freemuse director Marie Korpe, published by Zed Books, May 2004. 25 May 2004 Korea: 'The people united' Music for North Korea’s ‘Great Leader’ and ‘Dear Leader’. Article. 24 February 2003