Despite all the former occasions Kim Jong-un has changed his stance on K-pop since 2021 by referring to it as a "vicious most cancers" and viewing it as a danger to North Korean modern society. Korean names (e.g. Baek Ji-young, Seo In-younger, and Huh Gak) are found a lot less usually, and many K-pop singers have English names (e.g. IU, Sistar, T-ara, GD & Top, Beast, and After School).