‘Lee Kun-hee Art Museum’ in Busan... With Leeum and Hoam, are they building another in the Seoul metropolitan area?

Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun Enters Art Museum Hosting Race, Revealed in Facebook Message on Morning of 2nd

Facebook message from Vice Mayor Park Hyung-jun hoping to attract the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum to Busan.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] “Building it in Seoul without even listening to the bereaved families? The Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art will become a shining landmark only if it comes to Busan.”

Park Hyung-joon, Mayor of Busan, has entered the race to host the Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art in Busan. On the morning of the 2nd, Mayor Park strongly expressed his position on bringing the Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art to Busan through Facebook.

Mayor Park began his Facebook message with, “The Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art will become a shining landmark if it comes to Busan!”

He continued, “Chairman Lee Kun-hee left behind artworks of great cultural value to society. It is truly a meaningful act, and I applaud the late chairman and his family for their insight and noble intention that elevated the stature of Korean culture.”

Then he said, “They say they will build a museum to exhibit these artworks. However, this discussion seems to be proceeding without properly hearing the opinions of the bereaved families, and reports are coming out as if it will be built in Seoul. I guess if it’s in Seoul, the provinces are invisible,” he sarcastically remarked, adding, “In the reality of extreme cultural concentration in Seoul, again Seoul? The Seoul metropolitan area already has Samsung’s Leeum Museum of Art and Gyeonggi Province has the Hoam Museum of Art.”

Mayor Park stated, “To honor the late chairman’s wishes, it is appropriate to build it not in the metropolitan area but in his hometown in the southern region,” and added, “Busan is designated as an international tourism city and there are plans to attract a world-class museum to new cultural hubs such as the North Port,” expressing his active intention to host the museum.

Mayor Park concluded by saying, “The Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art is essential in Busan to link cultural and tourism industries. If it is in the metropolitan area, it will be just one of many museums, but if it comes to Busan, it will become a must-visit landmark for everyone,” pledging to work hard to bring the Lee Kun-hee Museum of Art to Busan.

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