First Lady Kim Geon-hee "The color is pretty, right?"... President Yoon's tie donation and laundry volunteer work

Visited Daejeon Traditional Market on the 14th to Encourage Citizens
Visited School Zone Drunk Driving Accident Site to Pay Tribute

First Lady Kim Keon-hee donates the necktie personally worn by President Yoon Suk-yeol. / Provided by the Presidential Office [Image source=Yonhap News]

First Lady Kim Keon-hee, wife of President Yoon Suk-yeol, visited Daejeon on the 14th. She participated in laundry volunteer work for elderly living alone and marginalized groups and donated a necktie worn by President Yoon at a charity auction.

According to Lee Do-woon, spokesperson for the Presidential Office, Kim took part in the Saemaul Movement's mobile laundry volunteer activity called 'Saemaul Fresh and Cozy Love Sharing' at the Hanbat Comprehensive Social Welfare Center in Seo-gu, Daejeon, that morning.

Using a laundry vehicle, Kim washed and hung blankets on drying racks together with Saemaul Movement officials and university Saemaul club members. Afterwards, she visited elderly residents nearby to personally deliver the washed and dried blankets along with essential goods packages.

In the afternoon, Kim visited the '100 Won Auction' event held at Taepyeong Traditional Market in Jung-gu, Daejeon, and donated the necktie worn by President Yoon.

The 100 Won Auction is an event where items donated by market merchants, such as agricultural products, are auctioned off, and the proceeds are used to gift childcare supplies to families with newborns in the region. The event had been suspended since October 2019 due to COVID-19 but resumed this month.

First Lady Kim Keon-hee visited the site of a drunk driving traffic accident in the children's protection zone in Dunsan-dong, Seo-gu, Daejeon on the 14th to pay tribute to the late Bae Seung-ah, a child who was hit and killed by a drunk driver. / Provided by the Presidential Office [Image source=Yonhap News]

Presenting a red necktie, Kim explained, "The President purchased this from designer Lee Sang-bong, and it has all been dry-cleaned. The President wore it well."

As merchants responded with applause, Kim said, "The color is very pretty, right? Please conduct the auction well at a good price."

Kim also visited a rice cake shop, a vegetable store, and an oil shop in turn, purchasing food and encouraging the merchants. The four boxes of white Baeksulgi rice cakes she bought were delivered to the Hanbat Comprehensive Social Welfare Center.

Merchants also presented Kim with gifts inscribed with messages such as "Stay strong" and "Thank you for your hard work for the people."

Additionally, Kim visited the accident site of Bae Seung-ah, a young girl who tragically passed away in a recent drunk driving accident in a school zone, to pay her respects, the spokesperson added.

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