聯合翻譯 引用自 China Post http://chinapost.com.tw/guidepost/topics/default.asp?id=4359&next=1&sub=5
North Korea's top performing groups tend to be symphonies or operatic troupes that are as highly trained and technically skilled as they are frozen in the amber of an era long gone to all but the most nostalgic of Socialist cadres. The Moranbong Band appears to have hit a more resonant chord with both the regime it promotes — and which tirelessly promotes them — and the listening public.
But in a country where all forms of art serve political ends, what exactly is behind this pop sensation? Could it be that Kim harbors a promising openness to Western culture? Or are they just another repackaging of the old guard? "I guess the question is whether control from above can ever be relaxed sufficiently, and I see no signs of that happening," said Keith Howard, a professor at the department of music and center of Korean studies at the University of London.
How the band feels about any of that is hard to say. Its members don't do interviews. But one thing is certain: They exist to serve their No. 1 fan. "I don't think (the band) is in any danger of eclipsing Kim Jong Un in terms of popularity, given the cult of personality around the Kim leadership," said Adam Cathcart, a China and North Korea expert at the University of Leeds. "North Korean musicians know their place within the system."
聯合翻譯 引用自 China Post http://chinapost.com.tw/guidepost/topics/default.asp?id=4359&next=1&sub=5
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