
At the invitation of Kim Jong Il, the New York Philharmonic will make America's first significant cultural trek to North Korea this February. Such an overture has precedent: the Philadelphia Orchestra visited communist China in 1973.
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At the invitation of Kim Jong Il, the New York Philharmonic will make America's first significant cultural trek to North Korea this February. Such an overture has precedent: the Philadelphia Orchestra visited communist China in 1973.