Even in Korea, with her small and cute appearance and amazing vocal abilities, the Japanese babe, who was much loved, is attracting the attention of netizens. Korean music, an art related to the combination of vocal or instrumental sounds for beauty of form or emotional expression, especially as performed in Korea or the Korean peninsula where strong local traditions were influenced by the Chinese and Mongols.

The earliest references to music in Korea are found in a Chinese text from the 3rd century CE. , which comments on agricultural festivals with songs and dances among the tribes of northwestern Korea. Such events are still an important part of Korean life. Another ancient but long-lived tradition in Korea is shamanism, or communication with the invisible world of a shaman in a state of trance.

This is of particular interest, since such a belief is historically characteristic not only for all North Asian tribes, but also for other peoples living in the northernmost regions of the world. Korea is one of the few regions south of the Arctic that maintains strong shamanism in the face of foreign religious borrowings such as Buddhism, Confucianism, and Christianity.