Kim Bora, Anseong Mayor, Visits Sister City Brea, USA

Baudeogi Performance, Promotion of Local Agricultural Products

Kim Bora, mayor of Anseong City, Gyeonggi Province, took part in promoting the local representative event, the 'Baudeogi Festival,' and agricultural products in the United States.

Mayor Kim is currently visiting the area with a delegation consisting of city council members Lee Joong-seop and Lee Gwan-sil, and Kim Hyung-su, head of the NH Nonghyup Bank Anseong branch, upon the official invitation of Brea City, California. Brea has maintained a sister city relationship and exchanges with Anseong since 2011.

Kim Bora, Mayor of Anseong (left), who is visiting Brea City, California, USA, is taking a commemorative photo with Young Kim, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
[Photo by Anseong City]

During the visit, Mayor Kim and the delegation attended the local festival, Brea Festa, and visited Brea High School and Middle School, as well as California State Assemblymember Young Kim. Notably, Mayor Kim and Brea Mayor Marty Simonoff attracted attention by wearing the traditional Korean attire, Hanbok, together at the opening ceremony of Brea Festa.

During the visit, Anseong participated in Brea Festa by presenting a performance by the Namsadang Baudeogi Pungmul troupe and operated a booth promoting agricultural products prepared by Anseong City and Anseong Horticultural Nonghyup.

Mayor Kim also met with Assemblymember Young Kim to discuss active activities and exchange plans within the Korean community in the U.S., and visited Brea Olinda High School and Middle School, which run a youth homestay program, according to the city.

Mayor Kim said, “I hope that this visit will strengthen the relationship between Anseong and Brea and that we will continue to cooperate steadily in various fields such as culture, tourism, education, and agriculture.”

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