In 2012, North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un handpicked five girls to be part of his very own girl band: the Moranbong Band. The girls sing state-sanctioned pop songs that promote the communist ...

Some thought the queens of North Korea's pop music scene had fallen out of favour, but after a six-month hiatus the group has returned to rave reviews from state media Step aside, Sea of Blood Opera.

Seoul, Feb 17 (EFE).Seoul, Feb 17 (EFE). — The most popular North Korean pop group Moranbong returned on stage at a Pyongyang concert, attended by the country’s leader Kim Jongun, to celebrate a ...

The head of North Korean delegation Kwon Hyok Bong, center, and Hyon Song Wol, the head of the Moranbong Band, left, sit during the meeting with South Korea. AP SEOUL, South Korea — The head of North ...

Oh dear, how could it be? Privileged Chinese won’t be seeing North Korea’s celebrated all-girl Moranbong band after all. The shocking news came just as the media was salivating over the prospect of ...

One year ago, North Korea's first all-girl band made its world debut. The toe-tapping Moranbong had put on a performance that the secretive nation's state news agency called "unique, peculiar and ...