Yoon's Enthusiastic Singing of 'American Pie' Continues to Be Reported by Major Foreign Media... Positive Reactions in the US

Reported Not Only in the US and Europe but Also in the Middle East

President Yoon Suk-yeol singing American folk singer Don McLean's 'American Pie' at the White House state dinner has been repeatedly reported by numerous foreign media outlets through the 1st.

Major media outlets from the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, as well as the Arab world are reporting videos of President Yoon singing.

These media reported the scene where President Yoon begins singing at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden and his wife, and the audience giving a standing ovation, in the form of YouTube short videos called 'Shorts.'

Earlier, on the 26th of last month (local time), when asked to sing at the White House state dinner, President Yoon said, "It's been a while," and sang a few lines from the introduction of the song.

About 200 guests attending the dinner, including President Biden, cheered enthusiastically each time President Yoon sang a line.

These media generally reported the scenes of President Yoon starting to sing at the request of U.S. President Joe Biden and the audience's standing ovation in edited video form as 'Shorts.'

In particular, on the related video posted on YouTube by the American broadcaster NBC, positive comments from locals appeared, such as "Knowing that the Korean president likes our music makes me proud to be American."

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Don McLean, upon seeing this, posted on his Facebook on the afternoon of the 27th of last month (Korean time) a YouTube video capturing the moment along with several foreign news articles.

He sent a statement to CNN and others saying, "I am honored to have been invited to the White House (dinner), but I was on an Australian tour so I could not attend," and "Watching the video of President Yoon singing yesterday, I wished I had been there."

He added, "I might go to Korea around next year and sing together with the President," and "If that happens, it will probably become another news story."

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