A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film’s feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for ‘Barbie’ in Korea.”
A lack of cultural nostalgia attached to the toy and wariness of the film’s feminist messaging may have kept the Korean audience away from the Hollywood mega-hit: "There is no real fan base for ‘Barbie’ in Korea.”
The common understanding is with DPRK ready to go at any given moment in theory that they need the population to be trained just in case.
Then it seems pretty sexist to leave women out of the opportunity to effectively defend themselves in case North Korea ever attacks.