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NORTH KOREA’S ‘ONLY OPENLY GAY FECTOR’ FDS LOVE

Holland is not the first known LGBT K-pop idol, but you n say that this new generatn of K-pop, he's one of the first idols who admted that he's gay. He ially me out as gay 2015, and upon g Korea, his iends told him to keep his sexualy secret - but he's proud of his inty, makg him the first Korean artist who is openly gay. However, durg an terview, she nfsed she is gay, g her to be kicked out om her agency.

Image source, Oh HwanJang Yeong-j's remarkable story as North Korea's only openly gay fector was vered by the ternatnal media after he published his tobgraphy.

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Medil tts "There is no ncept of homosexualy North Korea, " he says. Park Jeong-Won, a law profsor at Seoul's Kookm Universy, says that he is not aware of any explic North Korean law agast gay and lbian relatnships.

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But he adds that the state's laws agast extramaral relatns and breachg social mor would probably be -opted to prosecutg any gay sexual act.

"When I asked them about homosexualy, they didn't tch on quickly so I had to expla to every sgle person, " Kim, profsor of North Korean Studi at Ewha Women's Universy, says. He turned the page to disver an article about gay men g out, wh a scene om an Amerin film showg two men kissg source, Chosun-ilboImage ptn, Jang's risky fectn route ma headl the SouthFally dawned on Jang that he, too, was gay.

"The revelatn transformed Jang's life, and he beme a regular at Seoul's gay bars. "I heard that there are many gay bars there.

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"He said homosexualy is a s and was the e of Aids. He told me that he didn't want me to spread homosexualy to the other workers, " says Kim. The rtrant owner's son vised Kim's mother to give her the news her son was gay.

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He was raised by a vout Prottant mother and tght that beg gay meant burng hell.

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