Long before Psy became a national culture hero with “Gangnam Style” and boy bands with bling attracted enormous crowds, the originators of K-pop sang about something that seemed a lot more important decades ago: unification.
In fact, foreign North Korea watchers and K-pop enthusiasts may be surprised to know that some of the masterpieces of early K-pop had unification, not love or dancing, as their theme.
Long before Psy became a national culture hero with “Gangnam Style” and boy bands with bling attracted enormous crowds, the originators of K-pop sang about something that seemed a lot more important decades ago: unification.
In fact, foreign North Korea watchers and K-pop enthusiasts may be surprised to know that some of the masterpieces of early K-pop had unification, not love or dancing, as their theme.
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