North Korea makes rare apology for banning press from K-pop concert

South Korean journalists were blocked from the show attended by Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang, sparking a mea culpa from the regime

North Korea has issued a rare apology to a group of South Korean journalists over access to a K-pop concert attened by Kim Jong-un.

While apologies from the North are highly unusual, with criticism often deflected and blamed on the US and its allies, a mea culpa from a senior official over press freedom is almost unimaginable.

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