Launch of Lee Kun-hee Art Museum Attraction Committee ... Jinju City Begins Full-Scale Activities

Mayor Jo Gyu-il Discusses Concrete Activity Plans Expressing Citywide Citizen's Hope for Hosting After Seoul Visit

Lee Kun-hee Art Museum Attraction Committee Launched
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City, Gyeongnam Province, held the launch ceremony of the 'Lee Kun-hee Art Museum Jinju Attraction Committee' at the Lee Sung-ja Art Museum at 11:20 a.m. on the 1st and began full-scale attraction activities.

About 20 people attended the launch ceremony, including Cho Gyu-il, Mayor of Jinju City, Ko Young-jin, President of Gyeongnam Ilbo, Bang Man-hyuk, Chairman of the Volunteer Organizations Council, and Joo Gang-hong, President of the Korean Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations Jinju Branch.

At the Attraction Committee, Kwon Soon-ki, President of Gyeongsang National University, was appointed as chairman, and the vice-chairmen elected were Joo Gang-hong, President of the Korean Federation of Artistic & Cultural Organizations Jinju Branch, Lee Sang-ho, Chairman of the Park Saeng-gwang Exhibition Promotion Committee, and Ha Mi-hye, Advisor of the Jinju Artists Association.

The Lee Kun-hee Art Museum Jinju Attraction Committee announced that it has formed a local attraction committee of 25 members including academia, social organizations, youth groups, and merchants active in the region, and a Seoul-based attraction committee of 15 members from local natives residing in Seoul, totaling about 40 members who will carry out activities.

At the launch ceremony, Mayor Cho said, “Our city is the optimal location with a concrete attraction plan prepared, and now that the attraction committee has been fully organized, we expect the civic-wide attraction activities to become more concrete,” adding, “We will do our best in all-round attraction activities through close cooperation with the central and local political circles as well as the local cultural and artistic communities.”

Chairman Kwon said, “We must devote our utmost passion to realize the precious value of balanced national cultural development,” and added, “We will do our best to attract the art museum to Jinju, the capital of Korean entrepreneurial spirit, which can further illuminate Samsung’s management philosophy and inherit the spirit of the donor.”

Mayor Cho is actively working to unite civic wishes for attraction and realize cultural democracy by announcing the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum Jinju attraction plan, explaining the necessity of attraction through visits to Seoul-based natives, the National Museum of Korea, and the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, and holding a joint press conference opposing construction in the metropolitan area with Jinju City and Uiryeong County.

The city announced that it plans to issue a joint statement for the attraction of the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum to the southern region in close cooperation and solidarity with member cities of the South Coast Southern Central Region Development Council in the future.

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