Photo/Selfie Book: Red Velvet is an all-female pop band based in South Korea. The group performed for Kim Jong Un and his wife as well as other guests as part of a cultural exchange between the two Koreas.
2018/04/02 07:56
Courtesy Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s state media reported Monday that its leader Kim Jong-un and his wife watched South Korean musicians’ rare performance in Pyongyang a day earlier.
Kim warmly welcomed the South Korean art troupe’s visit to Pyongyang and gave an enthusiastic response to its concert, which was held under the name “Spring Comes,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
South Korea’s art group held the performance Sunday that involved 11 teams, including contemporary pop legendary Cho Yong-pil and girl group Red Velvet, and plans to hold a joint gig Tuesday.
The KCNA said that Kim attended Sunday’s performance as he could not probably arrange time due to the hectic schedule for political events in early April.
A South Korean media pool report showed that Kim proposed the two Koreas hold more cultural events, suggesting it would be better to hold a concert in Seoul around fall under the title of “Autumn Comes.”
The Pyongyang concerts reciprocate a North Korean art troupe’s performances in South Korea to celebrate the PyeongChang Winter Olympics last month. President Moon Jae-in attended one of the two concerts held by the North’s “Samjiyon Orchestra.”
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) waves and South Korean Culture Minister Do Jong-whan claps before a South Korean art troupe holds a concert in Pyongyang in this image captured from pool footage taken on April 1, 2018. (Yonhap)