The oldest remaining sound recording of the people of Korea, which has been kept for a hundred-eleven years at the U.S. Library of Congress, will be restored and released as a compact disc by a Korean traditional music aficionado.

Mr. Jeong Chang-gwan obtained the eleven-minute source from the library - a phonograph cylinder made in July 1896 by American anthropologist Alice C. Fletcher.

Jeong says the songs will be released on CD after a process of restoration and noise removal. The find is eleven years older than the oldest existing gramophone record believed to be from 1907.

The songs include two pieces presumed to be from the late Joseon era and songs entitled 'Patriotic Song', 'Ar-ri-rang' and 'Children Song: About Moon.'