Essay: Date in Pyongyang

Date in Pyongyang

LAST summer, the New York Philharmonic was invited by the government of North Korea to play a concert in Pyongyang. The Philharmonic accepted; the concert will take place on February 26. And we confront a burning question: Were they right to accept?

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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Date in Pyongyang

LAST summer, the New York Philharmonic was invited by the government of North Korea to play a concert in Pyongyang. The Philharmonic accepted; the concert will take place on February 26. And we confront a burning question: Were they right to accept?