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Korea has produced music (Korean: 음악; Hanja: 音樂; RR: eumak; MR: ŭmak) for thousands of years, into the modern day. After the division of Korea in 1945, both North and South Korea have produced their own styles of music.
Traditional music (국악; 國樂; gugak; lit. national music[1]) produced by Korea includes court music, folk music, poetic songs, and religious music used in shamanistic and Buddhist traditions.[2]
Modern music includes K-pop (케이팝; keipap), the popular music of South Korea. North Korea also produces its own popular music, as well as music that's inspired by traditional music.
- ^ "Traditional Arts". Korean Culture and Information Service. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- ^ Randel, Don Michael (2003). The Harvard Dictionary of Music. Harvard University Press. pp. 273–275. ISBN 978-0674011632.