First Lady Kim Jeong-suk: "Korea, an Upscaling Everyday Artist... Turning Mondrian-Level Artworks into Tableware"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jung-sook, who is on a state visit to Hungary with President Moon Jae-in, visited the Hungarian Korean Cultural Center (hereinafter referred to as the Korean Cultural Center) on the morning of the 4th (local time) and spent time conveying the long-standing tradition of Hallyu by making Jogakbo with students attending the Jogakbo class.

Participating in the class with seven Jogakbo students, Kim Jung-sook explained the virtue of Jogakbo by saying, "Koreans are upcycling everyday artists who think about usefulness rather than easily discarding things and create beauty in daily life," and "In Korea, every household used tablecloths as Mondrian-level works of art."

The embroidery on the patchwork fabric sewn by Kim Jung-sook that day depicted the 'Mystical Deer' from the Hungarian national origin myth, and it was combined with the pattern of Haetae from Korea, sewn by a Hungarian student, into the Jogakbo. It is planned to be used as a piece of a large Jogakbo project created by the Jogakbo class students to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the opening of the Hungarian Korean Cultural Center next year.

Since its opening in 2012, the Hungarian Korean Cultural Center has introduced Korean culture to Hungary by offering various cultural classes such as Korean language, Korean cuisine, traditional dance, calligraphy, folk painting, Jogakbo, Korean films, K-POP, and Taekwondo. Currently, 499 students are experiencing and enjoying Korean culture.

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