Park Ji-won, Director of the National Intelligence Service, Attends Mass at Mokpo Sanjeongdong Catholic Church

First Mokpo Event Attendance Since Appointment as NIS Director

"We Are Promoting Pope Francis's Visit to Pyongyang"

On the 5th, Park Ji-won, Director of the National Intelligence Service, delivered a congratulatory speech at the thanksgiving mass for the designation of Mokpo Sanjeong-dong Catholic Church as a Minor Basilica. Photo by Park Ki-dong

[Mokpo＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Ki-dong] On the morning of the 5th, Park Ji-won, Director of the National Intelligence Service, attended a thanksgiving mass for the designation of the Junior Cathedral held at the church in Sanjeong-dong, Mokpo-si, Jeollanam-do.

The mass was led by Archbishop Kim Hee-jung, and about 200 people attended, including Archbishop Alfred Xuereb, the Apostolic Nuncio to Korea, Kim Young-rok, Governor of Jeollanam-do, Kim Won-i, Member of the National Assembly, Kim Jong-sik, Mayor of Mokpo, Park Woo-ryang, County Governor of Sinan, and church members.

This is the first time since Park, who served as a three-term lawmaker representing Mokpo, attended a Mokpo event after assuming the position of Director of the National Intelligence Service in July last year.

In his congratulatory remarks at the mass, Director Park said, “I came here today to meet Archbishop Kim Hee-jung and Nuncio Alfred Xuereb to request the Pope to visit Pyongyang,” and asked, “Please pray so that peace can be brought to the Korean Peninsula.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Ki-dong kidpak75@asiae.co.kr

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