{"id":1145609,"date":"2026-01-14T09:38:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:38:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.app.com.pk\/national\/japan-south-korean-leaders-drum-up-rapport-playing-k-pop-after-summit\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T09:38:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T04:38:20","slug":"japan-south-korean-leaders-drum-up-rapport-playing-k-pop-after-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.app.com.pk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/14\/japan-south-korean-leaders-drum-up-rapport-playing-k-pop-after-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan, South Korean leaders drum up rapport playing K-pop after summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

NARA, Japan, Jan 14 (Kyodo\/APP): Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung played drums together on Tuesday after their summit talks in Nara, the capital of her home prefecture, in a surprise event showcasing their amicable personal relationship.<\/p>\n

The leaders played two K-pop songs — “Dynamite,” a hit tune by world-famous boy band BTS, and “Golden” from the U.S. Golden Globes-winning animated film “Kpop Demon Hunters.” Takaichi led the session by showing Lee how to play the drums, according to the South Korean government.<\/p>\n

The drum session, which took place between the leaders’ joint press event and a dinner hosted by Takaichi, had not been publicized ahead of Lee’s two-day stay through Wednesday in the western Japan city.<\/p>\n

“When I met him at APEC, he told me playing the drums was a dream of his, so I set this up as a surprise,” Takaichi said in a post on X. The two held their first talks as leaders on the fringes of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum summit in South Korea in late October.<\/p>\n

Takaichi is known to have played the drums in a heavy metal band when she was a university student. One of her favorite songs is British rock band Deep Purple’s “Burn.”<\/p>\n

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