A still from a satirical video featuring a deepfake of Kim Yo-jong, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, in a parody about trash-filled balloons / Captured from YouTube channel 'Martian Lil Doge'

A satirical deepfake video of Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has gone viral. In the clip, she dances on a stage in a pink dress while singing a parody.

The video has sparked widespread interest as North Korea continues its provocations by sending thousands of trash-filled balloons across the border.

The video turned out to be a satirical deepfake created by a YouTuber. Titled "Kim Yo-jong - I'll Give You," the video was posted on the YouTube channel Lil Doge, which has around 258,000 subscribers.

It parodies the lyrics of the recent song "I'll Give You" by Jo Hyun-ah of the Korean group Urban Zakapa, with Kim Yo-jong's face superimposed onto the singer's body. Digitally altered North Korean soldiers dancing in the background further enhance the satirical nature of the content.

The lyrics of the parody song mock North Korea's ongoing provocations of sending trash-filled balloons across the border.

The lyrics include phrases like "I'll give, I'll give, I'll give all my waste," "My remaining trash to the South," "I'll give you all the filth," "Wanting the purest people," "Loving our greedy leader," "I prefer trash to the South's land," all aimed at ridiculing the North's actions.

This video was posted on July 31 and has gained popularity, surpassing 660,000 views.

A parody video featuring both Kim Jong-un and Kim Yo-jong with a signboard that reads, "Sorry for sending the waste balloons" / Captured from YouTube

The channel also hosts several other parody videos that combine deepfake images of North Korea's top leadership, including Kim Jong-un and Kim Yo-jong. One such video is titled "Sorry for Sending the Waste Balloons."

The online community has responded enthusiastically, with comments such as, "This video is more effective than any missile aimed at North Korea," and "Even Kim Jong-un would applaud and laugh at this."

North Korea has responded to South Korean civic groups' distribution of anti-North Korean leaflets by labeling them as "waste" and vowing to retaliate. Since May, North Korea has launched more than 5,500 waste-filled balloons southward on 22 separate occasions, with the latest reported on Sunday.

This article from the Hankook Ilbo, the sister publication of The Korea Times, is translated by a generative AI system and edited by The Korea Times.