mon 14 dec 2015, 17:02

‘Meidenband away after a conflict with China and North Korea

BEIJING –

That a North Korean meidenband last weekend, suddenly from the Chinese capital Beijing disappeared, indicates, according to analysts, the growing tensions between the two countries over armaments and political protocol.

Members of the Moranbong Band on its way to a training exercise in Beijing.
Photo: AP

The first foreign concert of the Moranbong Band was Saturday suddenly deleted. The band was founded by the North Korea dictator Kim Jong-un. The repertoire consists of, among others propagandaliederen.

China has, for a long time, the only ally of North Korea, but according to observers begin the tyres now to crumble.

The cancellation followed two days after Kim had said that North Korea become a nuclear power had become “ready to make an atom bomb and a hydrogen bomb” to detonate.

“Performances of North Korean groups are never just cultural activities,” said professor of international relations, Sun Xingjie, of the university of Jilin against the newspaper South China Morning Post. “They demonstrate mutual trust of the leaders of the two countries.”