Hope Message from Ryu Jin-gon, Master Craftsman of Handmade Turntables for 40 Years?
Guro-gu "Let's Overcome COVID-19 Together" Produces 9-Part Hope Relay Interview
[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] “My dream is to create music salons where culture can be shared everywhere. Making good sounds and sharing them with many people is my pride and hope.” (Master craftsman Ryu Jingon, handmade turntable maker, photo)
“I started a fish shop because they say when you get busy, you have kids. The daughter I had then, Soyoung, is now 31 years old. (omitted) The word hope. We all need hope to live, right? Let’s stay strong together, overcome COVID-19, and live diligently.” (Kim Sundeok, owner of Soyoung’s Fish Shop)
“We named it ‘Daul,’ meaning ‘we live together.’ (omitted) I think the life of people with developmental disabilities is incomplete. If someone is beside them to support, wouldn’t that complement them a little? I hope it becomes a complementing incompleteness.” (Kim Mihui, CEO of Durihana Daul, a self-reliance facility for people with developmental disabilities)
This is a passage from the ‘Hope Relay Interview’ released by Guro-gu on YouTube.
Guro-gu (Mayor Lee Sung) announced on the 15th, “We produced the ‘Hope Relay Interview’ to deliver messages of comfort and hope to residents going through difficult times due to COVID-19.”
The ‘Hope Relay Interview’ consists of nine video stories about the lives of ordinary people living in Guro.
It features sincere voices such as master craftsman Ryu Jingon, who has been making handmade turntables for over 40 years; Kim Sundeok, owner of Soyoung’s Fish Shop, a second-generation fish shop; Kim Mihui, CEO of Durihana Daul, where people with developmental disabilities bake bread to foster independence; Hong Seoknam, a descendant of independence activists who has lived in Guro for over 50 years and personally experienced modern Korean history; firefighters from Guro Fire Station; local artists; and young entrepreneurs.
The interview videos are uploaded one to two times weekly on the official YouTube channel of the ‘Guro G Festival.’
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A Guro-gu official said, “We expect the stories of our neighbors who quietly do their best in their respective places despite the difficulties of COVID-19 to bring gentle inspiration to residents,” and added, “We will continue to prepare various contents to comfort residents exhausted by COVID-19.”
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