The video for Gangnam Style singer Psy's new single, Gentleman, has been banned by a South Korean broadcaster – despite the country's president praising the singer.

Psy performs in South Korea ahead of the release of Gentleman Photo: Reuters

The video for Psy's new single Gentleman has been viewed nearly 150 million times on YouTube, but it's set to attract even more attention after being banned by a State-funded South Korean broadcaster.

The video shows the Gangnam Style singer dancing in department stores, undoing the bikini straps of woman and passing wind in their faces.

However, the opening scene, which shows Psy kicking a cone that says "no parking", caused broadcaster KBS to put the ban in place due to abuse of public property.

_{Psy is shown kicking a cone in his new video, Gentleman, which has caused State broadcaster to ban it (YG Entertainment Inc)}

Meanwhile, Psy has been praised by South Korean President Park Geun-Hye for setting an example against piracy by paying choreographers to perform their dance moves.
Psy's hip-swinging moves, which accompany Gentleman, were originally invented by the choreographers for girl band Brown Eyed Girls in 2009. President Park commended the singer for recognising "the value of other people's creativity", in a country where "rampant piracy" prevents the creation of software and jobs.
Although to the rest of the world Psy seems far from rock'n'roll (he introduced himself at his first international concert as a "little chubby newcomer"), he has regularly fallen foul of the South Korean authorities for his rebellious ways.
Psy was fined for his first album for "inappropriate content", upset parenting groups with his second album and ran into trouble with the State for avoiding South Korea's mandatory military service. A track from his fifth album was deemed obscene because of the lyric, "Life is like toxic alcohol", which encouraged another ban.