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The Moranbong Band (Korean: 모란봉악단; MR: Moranbong aktan, lit. ' Tree Peony Peak Band '), also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra, [1] is a North Korean girl group. . Performing interpretive styles of pop, rock, and fusion, they are the first all-female band from the DPRK, and made their world debut on 6 July 201
Name Korean Name Field Famous Works Orchestra Notes Ref Hero of the DPRK: Ri In Mo: 리인모 Songwriting Lead By You We Will Win, Ode to Faith and Will, Thoughts on the Love: Unconverted long-term prisonner imprisoned in South Korea and repatriated in 1993. Died in 2007. Ri Chi Son 리치선 Songwriting People's Artist An Jong Ho 안정호 ...
The Wangjaesan Light Music Band (Korean: 왕재산 경음악단; MR: Wangjaesan Kyŏngŭmaktan) is a light music (kyŏngŭmak) group in North Korea.It is one of two (with Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble) popular music groups that were established by North Korea in the 1980s, both named after places where Kim Il Sung fought the Japanese in 1930s. [1]
The music of North Korea includes a wide array of folk, popular, light instrumental, political, and classical performers. Beyond patriotic and political music, popular music groups like Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble and Moranbong Band perform songs about everyday life in the DPRK and modern light pop reinterpretations of classic Korean folk music.
The group was formed on June 4, 1985, from the electronic music section of the Mansudae Art Troupe. [4] The group was the first electronic pop group in the country. In 1991, the ensemble traveled to Japan to perform as part of a cultural exchange between North Korea and Japan. [5]
The Central Military Band of the Korean People's Army (Korean: 조선인민군군악단), also sometimes known as the Korean People's Army Marching Band or DPRK Army Orchestra is a North Korean musical group/marching band based in Pyongyang and is the sole military band of the Korean People's Army.
Chongbong Band (Korean: 청봉악단; MR: Ch'ŏngbong aktan) is a North Korean light music choir and orchestra. [1] The group consists of seven members: [2] singers and instrumentalists playing mainly brass instruments. [3] According to KCNA, the band members are instrumentalists of the Wangjaesan Art Troupe and singers of the Moranbong Band's ...
BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan Sonyeondan; lit. Bulletproof Boy Scouts), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material.