North Koreans willing to pay R500 to watch the movie "Interview"?

According to Free North Korea Radio, an online radio network made by North Korean defectors, demand for “The Interview” has been shooting up among North Koreans. 

It says people are willing to pay almost $50 a copy of the movie, which is 10X higher than what a regular South Korean TV show’s DVD would cost in the black market.

In response, North Korea’s State Security Department and The Ministry of People’s Security held an emergency meeting recently, and told its officers to make sure the movie doesn’t make it into the country under any circumstances.

The report says the North Korean government has beefed up its border security inspection level, and even told black market dealers to not bring in any kind of US movie for the time being.

It’s not too hard to see why North Korea is so freaked out by the possibility of “The Interview” reaching its people. The movie makes a blatant mockery of the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un - who dies at the end - and breaks the government’s narrative of portraying him as an almighty God.

Anyway, I’m thinking, how did they even get this info? A general population full of people starving to death want to spend $50 on a movie? “Almost $50 (R500) a copy” eh? How many of us would pay that much for any one movie DVD? 

Just watching things as it unfolds.