Seoul’s Diplomatic Overture to North Korea Features K-Pop

Big names in South Korean popular entertainment performed at a Pyongyang concert attended by Kim Jong Un

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife attended a rare concert in Pyongyang by South Korean pop stars, as leaders of the North and South prepare to meet later this month.

SEOUL—After an Olympics outreach that helped spark a thaw between South Korea and its nuclear-armed rival in the North, the newest tension-easing technique is K-pop diplomacy.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife were in the audience Sunday as some of the biggest names in South Korean popular entertainment took to the stage in Pyongyang for the first of two planned concerts ahead of a summit between Mr. Kim and South Korea’s president.

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