Ahead of Yoon's State Visit to the US... ROK-US Honor Guards Appear Holding Taegeukgi and US Flags

As President Yoon Suk-yeol's state visit to the United States approaches, advertisements commemorating the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance have been posted throughout Washington, DC.

The Presidential Office announced on the 22nd that a banner symbolizing the strong security alliance between South Korea and the United States was displayed in Washington, DC, ahead of President Yoon Suk-yeol's state visit to the United States.
[Photo by the Presidential Office]

According to the Presidential Office on the 22nd, an "ambient advertisement" combining images of the South Korean and U.S. honor guards along with the Taegukgi and Stars and Stripes flags displayed on the roof of the building was installed on the exterior wall of the Washington, DC Korean Cultural Center on Massachusetts Avenue. Ambient advertising refers to advertisements that utilize the characteristics of a specific location as media.

In 1953, the U.S. honor guard held the Stars and Stripes, and 70 years later, in 2023, the Republic of Korea honor guard stands side by side holding the Taegukgi. Below, the phrase 'Freedom and Solidarity' is inscribed.

Similar stand-type displays were installed in the front yard of the former Korean Empire Consulate located at Logan Circle in Washington, DC, and Taegukgi flags were hung throughout the streets of Washington, DC.

This advertisement was planned by the Overseas Public Relations Secretary of the Chief Presidential Secretary’s Office in collaboration with the "I Jaeseok Institute." The Presidential Office introduced the displays as conveying a message of gratitude and respect to the figures who made the 70-year South Korea-U.S. alliance possible, reaffirming the strong alliance relationship and passing on the value of the alliance to future generations.

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