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SOUTH KOREA South Korea: Teenagers prohibited from attending American pop concert American pop singer Lady Gaga’s upcoming Seoul concert has been restricted to over-18s because one of her songs is condidered “inappropriate” for minors 02 April 2012 South Korea: In the past two years 2,607 songs have been banned The South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality & Family has caused distress amongst fans for a series of bans they’ve made on songs considered ‘hazardous media’ to the youth 29 July 2011 South Korea: Music and oppression in Korea in the 1970s In the history of Korean music, the 1970s was the darkest era. So many songs were banned, and so many musicians had to give up music, writes Kim Seon-joo 07 February 2011 South Korea: Ban on North Korean praise music upheld The Supreme Court in South Korea has ruled that possessing instrumental music with titles praising communist North Korea is a crime, reported Radio New Zealand 02 November 2010 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 South Korea: Censors attempted to silence hip hop group Because they talk about social issues the South Korean Ministry of Culture and Tourism has tried to censor their songs, tells the top-selling Korean hip hop group Epik High 01 March 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 South Korea: Government pressure on musical about North Korea A cultural center in southern Seoul runs the controversial musical 'Yoduk Story' which is set in a remote North Korean detention camp, Yoduk. 24 March 2006 South Korea: Protest music returns to be remembered Until the late 1980s, music that criticized the government was prohibited. Undeterred, students and laborers working outside the universities wrote songs and spread them remarkably from city to city by word of mouth. A new album traces the protest music of South Korea 10 November 2004 Shoot the Singer! Book 'Shoot the Singer! Music Censorship Today' is the first worldwide presentation of contemporary cases of music censorship 25 May 2004