Music of South Korea - Korean Contemporary Christian Music

Korean Contemporary Christian Music

With the importation of Christianity, the evangelical use of music for proselytizing has led to many choirs, both within and without churches, and the importation of traditional American styles of Christian folksongs sung in Korean.

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