According to the article, the Unhasu Orchestra was actually an underground concubine service to the North Korean political elites. These young women were recruited out of college, and asked to join a musical band in return they would receive clothes, and rare foods in N.K. such as butter and fruit. This information was leaked by a woman who volunteered to join, but was rejected because her bloodline was not purely North Korean.
All in all, the reason Kim Jong-un's rule was associated with that of a medieval kings' was because the state sponsorship of prostitution (known as the "Satisfaction Corps", in N.K.) has not been politically accepted in the developed world since medieval times. Another common ritual known to medieval kings was sporadic execution,with no sort of accountability or trial whatsoever. Policymic.com says that the justification behind the execution of Ms.Hyong was her involvement in a sex tape. Ms Hyong was executed by machine gun in a firing line, along with 11 other Orchestra members who supposedly helped her produce and sell the pornographic production. Those who were not killed, were forced to watch, and then they were taken to prison camps, and have not been seen since. To conclude, the mysterious occurrence was supposed to have been plotted by Kim Jong-un's jealous wife, many other assumptions followed Hyon's appearance in the sex tape; such as having an affair with Kim Jong-un and having Bibles manifested. (More info at Policymic.com) Kim Jong-un's wife can be seen in the following photo taken from the article on the National Post Website.
Why pornography merits violent execution in a state where prostitution is endorsed and rewarded by the political elites is baffling to me, but that is why this blog has been chosen to study the fascinating and aloof North Korea; and all of it's glory.
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