North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's teenage grandson has been seen at a concert by one of South Korea's biggest pop stars, Rain, in Macau. Reclusive North Korea has been cracking down on South Korea's pop culture and other outside influences for years. But South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper - citing an unknown South Korean living in Macau - said the 14-year-old watched the concert there on June 27 with five South Korean friends who attend middle schools in Hong Kong and the city. The newspaper said Kim Jong Nam - the boy's father and the North Korean leader's eldest son bought the tickets worth about US$1,400 and allowed his son to invite his friends. North Korea's state-run media frequently warns that imperialists are trying to poison the country's ideals via pop culture. Kim Jong Nam had been the favorite to succeed his father but reportedly fell out of favour after being caught trying to enter Japan on a fake passport in 2001 to visit Tokyo Disneyland. His younger brother Kim Jong Un has reportedly been named as the North Korean leader's successor.
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