DMZ Peace Train Music Festival Special Morning Stage

Showtimes

Sunday (11:00)

Cast

Kim Yi-so, Jo Min-kyu, Moon Geun-young

Synopsis

[Performance Introduction] The Cheorwon-gun area, where the Peace Train is held, was part of North Korea from 1945 to 1953. During the Japanese colonial period, it was a fertile granary and a key city on the Gyeongwon Line that prospered just as much as Seoul Station. The Korean War reduced this once-flourishing Cheorwon to ruins, divided the city into North and South, and destroyed most of the buildings from that era to the point where only traces could be found. The only thing that survived on that site is the Workers' Party Headquarters, the headquarters of the North Korean Workers' Party established immediately after liberation. In front of the building stands the "Road Origin Marker," a marker indicating that all roads in Cheorwon begin here, with distances to major points within the county inscribed from this starting point. Thus, the Workers' Party Headquarters is effectively located in the very heart of Cheorwon-gun, which was divided into North and South after the Korean War, at a distance of 00 km. The 2026 Peace Train Music Festival will feature a special stage in a small courtyard created next to the Workers' Party Headquarters. Part 1 features 'Moher,' a folk duo based on Jeju Island, the southernmost tip of the Korean Peninsula. From that place, which could be considered the northernmost point of South Korea, they present songs of the island, the wind, and the sea. In Part 2, singer-songwriter 'Haepa,' who dreams of being a 'member of a healthy society,' sings about the ironies of life and existence that blur the line between joke and truth. The Workers' Party Headquarters, where the history of war, conflict, hatred, and exclusion remains as traces. May the peaceful music echoing there on this quiet Sunday morning become that 00KM that does not turn a blind eye to the tragedies unfolding in various corners of the globe at this very moment, but begins solidarity to bring an end to these tragedies.

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