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Created: 2025-07-26 21:30:53 UTC

The world of K-pop has fresh new faces with the debut of 1VERSE — pronounced “universe” — a new boy band with an improbable origin story that includes two North Korean defectors. 

A note for viewers: the following segment contains flash photography. @LisaDNews reports.

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