The Manila Times

South Korean songs played in Pyongyang

- AFP

SEOUL: songs from the South to be played thaw in usually frosty ties gains momentum thanks to the Pyeongchan­g Winter Olympics.

they performed before party officials and artists in Pyong agency said.

The concert by the Samjiyon Or where they gave two shows—one in Gangneung near Pyeongchan­g and the other in Seoul.

The trip was part of a rare agreement in which the nuclear-armed North sent a delegation of hundreds of athletes and cheerleade­rs to the Winter Games.

The repertoire included old that were popular in the South in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Public interest in the show was the Seoul performanc­e.

banned in the communist North.

Following a historic summit of whom were personally greeted

gave his stamp of approval to played in the North.

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