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South Korean pop sensations Seohyun, Red Velvet to visit North next month

By Jennie Oh
South Korean working-level chief delegate Yun Sang talks with North Korean delegation head Hyon Song-wol during their meeting in Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday to arrange a South Korean art troupe performance in Pyongyang in early April. Photo courtesy of Unification Ministry
South Korean working-level chief delegate Yun Sang talks with North Korean delegation head Hyon Song-wol during their meeting in Panmunjom, North Korea, Tuesday to arrange a South Korean art troupe performance in Pyongyang in early April. Photo courtesy of Unification Ministry

SEOUL, March 20 (UPI) -- South Korea's biggest pop acts are set to perform in North Korea next month, as part of the two government's agreement to hold cultural concerts in Pyongyang, ahead of a rare inter-Korean summit.

Working-level talks headed by the South's acclaimed composer Yun Sang and North Korean pop star Hyon Song-wol took place for about three hours at Panmunjom truce village on Tuesday, News 1 reported.

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Seoul's Unification Ministry says the two sides agreed a 160-member group of South Korean cultural artists from the South would visit the North Korean capital from March 31 to April 3 to hold two performances.

The team will include some of the biggest figures in South Korean pop, including singer Cho Yong-pil, rock and folk singer Yoon Do-hyun, five-member girl group Red Velvet and Seohyun, ex-member of the country's biggest girl band Girls' Generation.

Seoul and Pyongyang initially agreed to organize the concerts when President Moon Jae-in's envoys to the North met with regime leader Kim Jong Un earlier this month.

The South also said it would send a taekwondo demonstration team to Pyongyang, JoongAng Ilbo reported.

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From Thursday to Saturday, an advance team from Seoul will visit Pyongyang to examine concert venues, the ministry said.

The events are set to take place at the 1,500-seat East Pyongyang Grand Theater and the Ryugyong Jong Ju Yong Gymnasium which accommodates up to 12,000 people.

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