New music festival planned for Korean DMZ

The free DMZ Peace Train festival will feature performers from both Koreas, as well as international acts, and take place near the heavily fortified demilitarised zone

The Hantan river in Goseokjeong, near the DMZ © Scott Rotzoll

Not content with helping along the Middle East peace process with Palestine Music Expo (PMX), the live music business has now turned its attention to the Korean border with plans for the first-ever international music festival near the demilitarised zone (DMZ) that separates North and South.

The free DMZ Peace Train Music Festival will be the largest music event ever held within view of the DMZ – which has since the end of the Korean War in 1953 served as a…

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