The Unhasu (Milky Way) Orchestra (Korean: 은하수관현악단; Hancha: 銀河水管絃樂團; MR: Ŭnhasu Gwanhyŏnaktan) was a musical group based in Pyongyang,[1] North Korea.

O'Carroll told Business Insider, "You've got to remember that a lot of the time the source is South Korean and it's in their interest to distort or perhaps weave the truth every now and then.

"[11] John Delury from the Yonsei University in Seoul, told The Guardian, "This stuff gets planted regularly in media outlets and then quickly goes viral.

[16] Nam Jae-joon, the chief of the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS), said, on 8 October 2013, he was aware that "about 10 members of the Unhasu Orchestra were executed for involvement in the scandal.

Among them was the unnamed director general of the orchestra who was identified as a "Russian-trained composer and producer in his late 60s who came from Japan's pro-North Korean community".