South Korean musicians arrive in Pyongyang for concerts

Crossing boundaries: Girl band Red Velvet flew from Seoul’s Gimpo airport aboard a chartered civilian flight to Pyongyang for a concert. — AP

Seoul: K-pop stars led a group of South Korean musicians arriving in Pyongyang to take part in the latest set of cross-border cultural performances ahead of next month’s rare inter-Korean summit.

The 120-member group including top girlband Red Velvet flew from Seoul’s Gimpo airport aboard a char­­tered civilian flight to Pyong­yang via the rarely used direct air route between the two Koreas, as a rapprochement on the peninsula gathers pace.