Mayor Jo Gyu-il: "New Cultural Facilities Must Be Boldly Expanded" ... Comprehensive Efforts to Attract the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum

Meeting with Jung Young-soo, CJ Group Global Advisor, Expressing Commitment to Attract Lee Kun-hee Art Museum to Jinju

Joo Kyu-il, Mayor of Jinju City, and Jung Young-soo, Advisor of CJ Group, are discussing the attraction of the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jinju City in Gyeongnam announced on the 30th that it held a meeting at the City Hall Entrepreneurs' Room with Jung Young-soo, Global Advisor of CJ Group, Lee Young-chun, Chairman of Jinju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to attract the Lee Kun-hee Art Exhibition.

On this day, Mayor Cho Gyu-il of Jinju said, “Attracting the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum is a shortcut to realizing cultural decentralization and cultural democracy,” and added, “Since 30% of domestic art museums are concentrated in the metropolitan area, new cultural facilities must be boldly expanded in local cities like Jinju, which lack cultural benefits.”

He continued, “Jinju is located at the center of Yeongnam and Honam regions, and with the opening of the Western Gyeongnam KTX, the demand area for art museum visits will expand,” and appealed, “We hope for active cooperation from the Jaegyeong Hyangwoohoe, who are actively working in the business community, so that the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum can be attracted to Jinju.”

Mayor Cho emphasized the justification by saying, “The National Jinju Museum, where the art museum will be established, was designed by the world-renowned architect Kim Swoo-geun,” and “If the art museum is built here, visitors will be able to fully feel the breath of the architect.”

In response, Jung Young-soo, Global Advisor of CJ Group, supported the attraction of the Lee Kun-hee Art Museum to Jinju, stating, “We will actively cooperate with Jinju City, which is conducting all-out efforts to realize the precious value of balanced cultural development.”

At this meeting, Lee Young-chun, Chairman of Jinju Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also requested cooperation from Advisor Jung Young-soo by promoting the excellence of Jinju’s silk and agricultural products in preparation for the post-COVID boom, aiming to develop export routes in the Singapore region despite the global economic downturn caused by COVID-19.

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