Sally Parks 송아 SongA Channel

Im Song A ,https://web.archive.org/web/20230207113405mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq60pjQIAaA better known online as Sally Parks 송아 SongA Channel, is a British-North Korean former YouTuber and a propaganda vlog channel that was managed by the North Korean government.
==Content==
On her channel, she made vlog-styled videos, going to places in Pyongyang, such as Munsu Water Park, Sci Tech Complex, and others.https://web.archive.org/web/20230207113405mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flhIs1PAbrAhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230207113405mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWaWNECR9n4 In some of her videos, there are blurred images to hide the people controlling the channel.https://www.nknews.org/2022/07/harry-potter-loving-north-korean-vlogger-from-elite-family-close-to-kims/ She speaks English in her videos, along with speaking in a British accent.https://www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/vlogs-07032023120605.html All of her videos are marked for kids.
==History==
The channel was created on January 27, 2022 and uploaded first video on April 26, 2022. Her first video was about introduction of herself and describing about Pyongyang. On her first video, She also tells about her English skill which she learned from her mother. https://web.archive.org/web/20230208091210mp_/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzMMJvekHVwhttps://archive.org/details/song-as-life-my-first-video-i-am-song-a
On June 6, 2023, she uploaded her final video. Her final video was about she attending 77th anniversary of Korean Children's Union.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6yFAX34Cds Before her termination, she had over 20,000 subscribers and 1.5 million views. https://web.archive.org/web/20230207113405/https://www.youtube.com/@sallyparkssongachannel7794/videoshttps://web.archive.org/web/20230205155609/https://www.youtube.com/@sallyparkssongachannel7794/about As of May 23, 2023, her channel reached 30,900 subscribers and 2.35 million views. https://web.archive.org/web/20230523044328/https://www.youtube.com/@sallyparkssongachannel7794/about
==Relations==
According to Thae Yong-ho, the defected former North Korean diplomat in the UK who later became a South Korean parliamentarian, Im Song A's father, Im Jun Hyok worked at the North Korean embassy in London as diplomat, and the same city that Song was raised in.https://www.insider.com/11-year-old-north-korean-youtuber-propaganda-grew-up-london-2023-2https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-2-vJ8s7IY Her mother was related to Pak Myong Guk, and her great grandfather was Ri Ul Sol, a late military official, her great grandfather was passed away in 2015 due of lung cancer.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4_ycBTgTD8
According to archives of the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s London Diplomatic List, Im Song A lived in England until her family along with Im Song A returned to North Korea in 2019 when she was 7 years old. https://www.businessinsider.com/11-year-old-north-korean-youtuber-propaganda-grew-up-london-2023-2
==Termination ==
In June 2023, YouTube took down the channel, citing the reason "to comply with U.S. sanctions and trade compliance laws". This also happened for other two North Korean-related channels at same time, such as YuMi and New DPRK. Prior to their termination these channels were also blocked by South Korean Communications Standards Commission before for being a North Korean state propaganda, which violated the Article 7 (Praise, incitement, etc.) of the South Korean National Security Act and Article 44-7 of the the Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilisation and Information Protection.https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/youtube-removes-north-korean-vloggers-after-skorea-blocks-accounts-2023-06-27/Article 7 (Praise, incitement, etc.) of the South Korean National Security Act (translated version). Note that the North Korean government was considered as an anti-government organisation under the NSA.Article 44-7 (Prohibition on Circulation of Unlawful Information) of the South Korean Act on Promotion of Information and Communications Network Utilization and Information Protection (translated version) After her termination, All of her videos are archived on Wayback Machine by "
DPRK (North Korea) Vlog Archive" which contains almost all of former North Korean YouTuber's video.https://archive.org/details/@echo_of_truth_archive
==Trivia== 
*She is in middle school.https://web.archive.org/web/20230116184749/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33Edxha8HDM&feature=youtu.be
*She loves the Harry Potter series.
==References==
Category:Book-narrating YouTubers
Category:Cooking YouTubers
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:British YouTubers
Category:North Korean YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2022
Category:Terminated YouTubers