Traditional music of Korea
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This article is about music of Korea before 1945. For Korean music after 1945, see Music of South Korea and Music of North Korea.
Korea has produced music (Korean: 음악; 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.
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Traditional music (국악; 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.