Kim Hyun-ki, Chairman of Seoul Metropolitan Council, "Will Actively Support the Success of the 2022 Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo"

Ahead of the September Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo, Yeongju Mayor Park Nam-seo, Yeongju City Council Chairperson Shim Jae-yeon, and Seoul Metropolitan Council Chairperson Kim Hyun-gi Visit

From the left, Namseo Park, Mayor of Yeongju City; Hyunki Kim, Chairperson of the Seoul Metropolitan Council; Jaeyeon Shim, Chairperson of the Yeongju City Council.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Kim Hyun-ki, Chairman of the Seoul Metropolitan Council (People Power Party · Gangnam 3), met with Park Nam-seo, Mayor of Yeongju City, and Shim Jae-yeon, Chairman of Yeongju City Council, who visited the Seoul Metropolitan Council on the morning of the 19th, and promised that the Seoul Metropolitan Council would cooperate for the successful hosting of the 2022 Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo.

At this meeting, Chairman Kim said, “The Seoul Metropolitan Council will lend its support to ensure the successful completion of the 2022 Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo,” and added, “I hope that the tradition and prestige of Yeongju, Gyeongbuk, the first cultivation site of Korean ginseng, will be widely known through this expo.”

Mayor Park Nam-seo requested Chairman Kim to support ▲promotion and visitor guidance for the expo to foreign groups in Seoul ▲promotion through Seoul’s SNS and public institution digital billboards, and the Seoul Metropolitan Council promised mutual cooperation.

The 2022 Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo, under the theme “Ginseng, Embracing the World and Opening the Future!”, will be held for 24 days from September 30 to October 23 at the Punggi Ginseng Culture Popup Park in Yeongju, Gyeongbuk. Yeongju City is preparing various events such as ginseng healing experiences, ginseng play experiences, the Samsamhan Concert, and the Ginseng Industry Future Forum, aiming for one million visitors.

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