From Hankyoreh, via H.K. Suh in DC: “Imagine an American Christian rock band going to North Korea, a country accused of being one of the most oppressed in terms of religious freedom, and not only performing a Christian hymn but winning an award for it at an international festival. That’s what a Grammy Award-winning group, the Casting Crowns, did in April this year. In fact, the band members learned and sang a North Korean song in Pyongyang, brought a recording of it back to the U.S., and added it as a bonus track to their latest album, released in August. They are on a national tour now, and showing video clips of their performance in North Korea at each concert.” To read on, click here. For a YouTube video of Casting Crown’s performance of a North Korean song in Pyongyang, click here.
