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| On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television participating in the National Convention of Artists, disproving the rumors.<ref name="North Korean singer rumoured to have been executed appears on TV">{{cite web |date=14 May 2014 |title=North Korean singer rumoured to have been executed appears on TV |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/17/north-korean-singer-rumoured-executed-appears-tv |access-date=26 March 2015 |publisher=Agence France-Presse via The Guardian website}}</ref><ref name="17 May 2014, 11:34 am">{{cite web|url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/world/a/23596689/executed-singer-alive-and-well-pyongyang-tv-shows/ |title=Executed singer alive and well, Pyongyang TV shows — The West Australian |publisher=Au.news.yahoo.com |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="NK News">{{cite web|url=http://www.nknews.org/2014/05/north-korean-singer-that-was-executed-by-firing-squad-shows-up-alive-and-well/ |title=North Korean singer "executed by firing squad" shows up alive and well in Pyongyang | NK News — North Korea News |publisher=NK News |access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/05/19/another-good-kim-jong-il-story-dies-as-executed-girlfriend-reappears/|author=Terrence McCoy |title=Another good Kim Jong Un story dies as 'executed' girlfriend lives|work=The Washington Post |date= 19 May 2014 |access-date=1 June 2014}}</ref> | |||
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In this Korean name, the family name is Hyon.
| Hyon Song-wol | |
|---|---|
 Hyon Song-wol at the National Theatre on 11 February 2018 in Seoul, South Korea | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 1977 (age 47–48) North Korea |
| Occupation(s) | Singer and politician |
| Labels | Moranbong Band, Samjiyon Orchestra, Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble |
| Korean name | |
| Chosŏn'gŭl | 현송월 |
| Hancha | 玄松月 |
| Revised Romanization | Hyeon Song-wol |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏn Song-wŏl |
Hyon Song-wol (Korean: 현송월; born 1977) is a North Korean singer, band leader, and politician. She is the leader of the Moranbong Band and of the Samjiyon Orchestra. She was formerly a featured vocalist for the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble in the early 2000s, a pop group which found fame in North Korea in the late 1980s and 1990s. She has been a member in the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea since 2017.
Early career
Hyon was a vocalist for the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. Her biggest hit was the song "A Girl on a Steed", a 2005 song extolling the virtues of a Stakhanovite textile factory worker. The accompanying music video stars Hyon in the role of "the heroine, dashing around a sparkling factory with a beatific smile, distributing bobbins and collecting swatches of cloth at top speed." The lyrics include:
Our factory comrades say in jest,
Why, they tell me I am a virgin on a stallion,
After a full day's work I still have energy left...
They say I am a virgin on a stallion,
Mounting a stallion my Dear Leader gave me.
All my life I will live to uphold his name!
Hyon's other best known songs include, "Footsteps of Soldiers", "I Love Pyongyang", "She is a Discharged Soldier" and "We are Troops of the Party".
In March 2012, Hyon made her first public appearance in six years in an event in Pyongyang to mark International Women's Day.
On 16 May 2014, Hyon appeared on North Korean television participating in the National Convention of Artists, wearing in military uniform.
Later career
Hyon is the leader of the Moranbong Band and of the Samjiyon Orchestra.
In December 2015, Hyon travelled to Beijing to perform with the Moranbong Band in a series of private concerts.
In 2017, she was appointed to the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. She participated in talks with South Korea to prepare for North Korea's participation in the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. During the Games, she organized concerts by North Korean performers.
Hyon's visibility in North Korean politics increased in 2020, when she made multiple appearances, including her inspection of typhoon-ravaged areas with Kim Jong-Un, in their country. She was re-elected to the Central Committee at the 8th Congress of the WPK.
See also
Notes
References
- Choi, Kyung-woon (31 January 2018). "NIS Pins Down Age of N.Korean Bandleader". NK Chosun. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
- ^ Popham, Peter (11 July 2012). "Is Kim Jong-un's mystery woman a long-lost love?". The Independent. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Is Kim Jong Un's Mystery Woman The 'Excellent Horse-Like Lady'?". NPR. 10 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- "20120308". Unhasu Orchestra Discography 2009-2013. 7 December 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- Qin, Amy (8 February 2018). "North Korean Orchestra Gives an Emotional Concert in the South". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "N. Korean band leader appears in China after execution rumors". 11 December 2015. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Choe Ryong-hae elected to N.K. ruling party's central military commission". Yonhap. 8 October 2017.
- "Leader of all-female N.K. band appears as delegate to inter-Korean talks". Yonhap. 15 January 2018. Archived from the original on 13 November 2018.
- "Kim Jong-un meets North Korean orchestra that performed at Winter Olympics". EFE. 13 February 2018.
- Shim, Elizabeth (14 September 2020). "North Korea musician Hyon Song Wol more visible amid typhoon, pandemic". UPI.
External links
Media related to Hyon Song-wol at Wikimedia Commons
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