Political U.S. Orchestra To Play In North Korea?

There will be a historic concert from the oldest U.S. orchestra in North Korea. The venue is East Pyongyang Grand Theater and the concert will be televised internationally and live inside the country. The objective is to share the greatest touching music to public, perhaps as many people as possible.

South Korean protesters burn a defaced North Korean flag during a rally denouncing North Korea's nuclear test in Seoul

The real reason lays behind is??? Perhaps it is something to do with the U.S. diplomatic push to engage North Korea in the wake of Pyongyang's October 2006 nuclear test that cemented its status as a nuclear-armed state. The U.S. government has supported the concert, and the main American negotiator at nuclear talks with Pyongyang lobbied Philharmonic musicians to make the trip — stressing the need to reach out to the North.

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