Promoting the anti-imperialist struggle, Korean Musical Troupe singing the reunification of Korea, Heemangsae (Hope bird) starts tour in Europe.
It starts in Belgrade (Serbia) and goes through Vienna (Austria), Brussels (Belgium), Amsterdam (Netherland), Frankfurt (Germany), London (Britain) and Paris (France).
Hope Bird
Hope Bird is the only South Korean musical troupe that uses its art to work for the reunification of Korea.
It began life more than three decades ago in 1993 as a regional musical group coming out of the National Council of Workers’ cultural movement. After its first album resonated with many Koreans, the collective gave birth to the performing group Hope Bird.
In 1994, while preparing for its debut show, ‘Let Morning Shine’, the performers were all arrested by police under South Korea’s draconian national security act, which forbids any act of communication or expression of sympathy with North Korea.Â
Despite this and other repressive measures by South Korean security forces, the troupe has been active in the country’s vibrant cultural movement for independence, democracy and reunification.
