Exchange to change, Pyongyang ovation to New York Philharmonic Orchestra
The final strains of “Arirang”, the heart-rending Korean folk song about separation, had not even ended when the thumping applause started filling the East Pyongyang Grand Theatre on Tuesday night.
Middle-aged men with purple-tinted glasses and women in traditional dress, visiting South Korean sponsors and Manhattan matrons in fur, they all leapt to their feet to […]