NKoreans, French prepare for major Paris concert South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, right, directs a rehearsal of members of North K...

NKoreans, French prepare for major Paris concert

South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, right, directs a rehearsal of members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, Tuesday March 13, 2012. Musicians from the Unhasu Orchestra will perform a piece together with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, in Paris, Wednesday, March 14. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra, right, take part to a rehearsal with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Musicians from the Unhasu Orchestra will perform a piece together with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, in Paris, Wednesday, March 14. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra, foreground, take part in a rehearsal with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Musicians from the Unhasu Orchestra will perform a piece together with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, in Paris, Wednesday, March 14. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, center, gives instructions during a rehearsal to members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Musicians from the Unhasu Orchestra will perform a piece together with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, in Paris, Wednesday, March 14. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

Two members of North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra prepare their instruments as they take part in a rehearsal with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris, Tuesday, March 13, 2012. Musicians from the Unhasu Orchestra will perform a piece together with Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by South Korean conductor Chung Myung-whun, in Paris, Wednesday, March 14. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)

South Korean maestro Chung Myung-whun (L) music director of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts a rehearsal with North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra in Paris March 13, 2012. Chung Myung-whun has invited North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra for a joint concert with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris on March 14, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

South Korean maestro Chung Myung-whun (Bottom) music director of the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, conducts a rehearsal with North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra in Paris March 13, 2012. Chung Myung-whun has invited North Korea's Unhasu Orchestra for a joint concert with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris on March 14, 2012. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT POLITICS)

A North Korean and a French orchestra held a daylong rehearsal on Mar. 13 ahead of a landmark concert in Paris, a sign of warming ties between Pyongyang and the West following years of tensions.