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‘Hand in hand’ Koreana Lee Yong-gyu dies at age 67 after fighting cancer

Lee Yong-gyu, a group Koreana who died on the 3rd, was active during her lifetime. [중앙포토]

– Lee Yong-gyu, a member of the Koreana group, died at the age of 67. According to the music industry on the 5th, the deceased, who had been fighting cancer, died on the afternoon of the 3rd.
Coreana sang’Hand in Hand’, which was the theme song for the 1988 Seoul Olympics, and received great love at home and abroad. The song, composed by the world-renowned Italian producer Giorgio Moroder, was at the top of the European charts at the time and garnered a lot of attention. Coreana took the lead whenever there were big national events, such as the theme song of the Daejeon Expo,’What Is That Day’ (1993), and the promotional song’We Ah One’ (1996) to host the 2002 World Cup.

Koreana, who sang'Hand in Hand', the theme song of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, is welcomed and entering Korea. [중앙포토]

Koreana, who sang’Hand in Hand’, the theme song of the 1988 Seoul Olympics, is welcomed and entering Korea. [중앙포토]

Koreana receiving a golden disc. [중앙포토]

Koreana receiving a golden disc. [중앙포토]


Coreana is a family group consisting of the deceased’s older brother Seung-gyu Lee, younger sister Ae-sook Lee, and cousin Hwa-ja Hong. The deceased, along with his elder brother Seung-gyu Lee, showed his talent from childhood, and began performing activities such as tap dance on the stage of the US 8th Army in Seoul in the 1960s as a team called’Jeon Seung-nam and 6 siblings’ (Jeon Seung-nam was the stage name of Lee Seung-gyu at the time).
Since then, the brothers advanced to the overseas stage early, starting with Southeast Asia and the Middle East, and continued their music activities under the team names’Korean Flower’,’Five Fingers’, and’Arirang Singers’ while the members gradually changed.
In particular,’Arirang Singers’, the predecessor of Coreana, built a full-fledged reputation in Europe starting with their debut album’Black Eyes’ in the mid-1970s. Koreana, who was thrilled to return to Korea after 20 years with the popularity of’Hand in Hand’ in 1988, also released’Victory 2010′ with Cho PD in 2010.
The second generation of Koreana are also active in the pop culture world. Seung-gyu Lee’s daughter Clara (Lee Seong-min) debuted as a model in 2004 and has been active as a singer and actor. Hong Hwa-ja’s son, Kim Seok-won, formed a group Mr. Papa and appeared on Mnet’Superstar K 5′.
The deceased’s mourning was prepared at Asan Hospital in Seoul. Balin is on the morning of the 6th, and Jangji is Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province.

Reporter Min Kyung-won [email protected]



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