His mother had settled there during the Korean War as part of the Hungnam evacuation from North Korea in 1950.
[3][4] Kang moved to Seoul in 1982 to study traditional Korean medicine at Kyung Hee University.
He had a performance for 6 days which is titled "Let's go on a picnic to the riverside and mountains" at a small theater in Daehakro, a famous spot in Seoul.
In 2018, he sang at the 'Spring is Coming' Inter-Korean Musical Exchange in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Kang became emotional during his performance, stating his parents were refugees from the North, and that his concert in Pyongyang was personal.