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FOI reveals UK sent BBC’s Sherlock to North Korea

The UK government organised a screening of BBC TV drama Sherlock in North Korea in the hope of “encouraging change” in the country, it has been revealed.

The programme was shown in 2012 at a film festival in the capital Pyongyang.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said it was “one of the things we have done to encourage North Korea to be more open to the outside world”.

Reported by the BBC. You can read the full story here. 

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