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Spring Is Coming (Korean: 봄이 온다; RR: Bomi Onda; MR: Pomi Onta) was a concert that occurred in Pyongyang, North Korea, on April 1 and 3, 2018.It included numerous South Korean performers, and was described as an important event in the 2018 thaw in the North Korea–South Korea relations.
Pyongyang became the de facto capital of North Korea upon its establishment in 1948. At the time, the Pyongyang government aimed to recapture Korea's official capital, Seoul. Pyongyang was again severely damaged in the Korean War, during which it was briefly occupied by South Korean forces from 19 October to 6 December 1950. The city saw many ...
Module:Location map/data/Pyongyang is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Pyongyang. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
The East Pyongyang Grand Theatre (Korean: 동평양대극장) is a 2,500-seat theatre located in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. It was the site of the 2008 concert by the New York Philharmonic , which was the first significant cultural visit to North Korea by the United States since the Korean War .
The Pyongyang University of Music and Dance is a North Korean performing arts university founded in July 1972 in the Taedonggang District of Pyongyang from a merge with the Pyongyang Art College. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Its facilities include a full orchestra and a music hall covering 5,501 square meters. 30 percent of the university's teachers have ...
While the industry of K-pop originates in South Korea, with the rise of the Hallyu Wave, the demand for Korean pop music has spread globally.Key aspects of K-pop fan culture include learning choreography, purchasing albums and other merchandise, and engaging with other fans on social media platforms.
After the division of Korea in 1945 and the establishment of North Korea in 1948, revolutionary song-writing traditions were channeled into support for the state, eventually becoming a style of patriotic song called taejung kayo (대중가요) in the 1980s [6] combining classical Western symphonic music, the Soviet socialist realism style, and Korean traditional musical forms. [7]
The Yun Isang Music Hall, home of the Isang Yun Orchestra, is adjoined to the Pyongyang International House of Culture and houses further cultural facilities. [1] It has a capacity of 600 seats. [5] The ground floor houses a permanent folkcraft exhibition with tradition Korean crafts [9] by the Korea Minye General Corporation. [10]