Pages 135-145 – Inok Paek – ‘Music of the Fatherland- The North Korean Soundscape in the Construction of Chongryun Identity in Japan’

The kayagŭm zither tradition spread with Korean migration to Japan in recent times, particularly since the early 20th century.1 Since the political division of the Korean peninsula in 1948 and the succeeding Korean War (1950–3), both performance style and repertory have developed independently in South and North Korea, reflecting the somewhat different political and cultural orientation of each s...