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One person in North Korea is listening to BBC Radio One, and they're a big Ed Sheeran fan

A look at the stats on BBC Radio One's YouTube page has revealed that they have a big fan in an u...
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18.19 18 Sep 2015


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One person in North Korea is listening to BBC Radio One, and they're a big Ed Sheeran fan

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18.19 18 Sep 2015


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A look at the stats on BBC Radio One's YouTube page has revealed that they have a big fan in an unexpected location. 

In all of North Korea, it seems that there's only one person who is turning in to hear their favourite artists on the station's page, and repeatedly watching their YouTube videos. 

The Daily Express claim that "a source" is convinced that the person tuning in to hear the best that BBC radio has to offer is the dictator himself, given that other people in the country are not allowed to access foreign media. 

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According to the statistics, the lone listener is a big fan of Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift, and also watched DJ Nick Grimshaw interview Emma Watson several times. 

The dictator is believed to be a big fan of Western pop culture in general, but has clamped down on the access that those who live in North Korea get to any media from outside their borders.

He recently banned Instagram in the country, and those who attempt to access it will be hit with a warning that they are trying to get on to a blacklisted site. 

Via The Daily Express


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