North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is sending his personal girl band, Moranbong, to perform a week of shows in Beijing as Pyongyang seeks to improve relations with its main ally ahead of an important United Nations meeting.
According to North Korean state news agency KCNA, the Moranbong Band, “a model of the Juche-based literature and art and a worldwide stylish band, will soon give friendship performances in China.”
The all-female group were formed in 2012 by Kim himself, and sing synthesizer-backed paeans about the repressive dictator’s “warm heart” and “sweet smile.”