Word: pyongyang
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...York Philharmonic (NYP) concert last February at the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre - a recording of which has just been released on DVD by Medici Arts - began with a welcome from a comely young North Korean woman in traditional dress. She expressed the hope that the performance would "herald the first step in rapprochement between the two countries," just before the esteemed orchestra entered the stately 2,500-seat auditorium...
After acclaimed South Korean cellist Bong-Ihn Koh ’08 finished performing Isang Yun’s cello concerto in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday night, a crowd of 30 girls surrounded his bus—but all they could do was wave good...
Right before the concert, Koh visited the Isang Yun memorial museum in Pyongyang. He said that the inspiration helped contribute to his performance...
North Korea’s Isang Yun Institute and South Korea’s Isang Yun Peace Foundation paid for Koh’s entire trip including the plane ticket, the room in a first-class hotel overlooking Pyongyang, the tours, and the nightly banquets...
...would resume dismantling its Yongbyon nuclear reactor and would welcome international inspectors, ending nearly two months of stalled talks and threats of a second nuclear test. The announcement drew praise from China, which had led disarmament negotiations among the U.S., North Korea and its regional neighbors. Meanwhile, officials in Pyongyang released a purportedly recent photograph of Dear Leader Kim Jong Il, in an attempt to refute rumors of his failing health. But experts in South Korea and the U.S. say summer foliage in the background indicates that the pictures are months old, raising further questions about the reclusive leader...