Choi Tae-won Spotted Holding Hands with Cohabitant Kim Hee-young at Louis Vuitton Event Venue

Event Held in Paris, France
First Official Appearance Together

Choi Tae-won, Chairman of SK Group, and his cohabitant Kim Hee-young, Chairwoman of the T&C Foundation, confidently held hands and attended a gala dinner event held in Paris, France. This is the first time the two have appeared together in an official setting.

On the 14th (local time), Chairman Choi attended the event "One Planet, Building Bridges To A Better Future," hosted by Louis Vuitton, together with Chairwoman Kim.

The event invited representatives of BIE (Bureau International des Expositions) member countries from the private sector, and was attended by prominent domestic and international figures and businesspeople, including former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Carla Bruni, former First Lady of France.

Chairman Chey Tae-won of SK Group and Chairwoman Kim Hee-young of T&C Foundation [Photo source=Instagram capture]

On that day, Chairman Choi wore a suit with a bow tie, and Chairwoman Kim wore a black dress that exposed her shoulders. The two held hands, posed for the camera, and smiled brightly.

It is known that Chairman Choi visited Paris to attend an international symposium prepared by the Korean government, 50 days before the decision on the host city for the 2030 World Expo.

BIE gives participating countries five opportunities for presentations (PT) and one symposium before the Expo host city is decided. In August, President Yoon Suk-yeol personally conducted the 4th PT, and on the 9th, a symposium titled "Why Korea? Why Busan?" was held with business leaders including Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Chairman Choi Tae-won, and Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Chung Eui-sun. The 5th PT will be held on the day of the final vote, and the Expo host city will be decided on the 28th of next month.

Chairman Choi attended the "2030 Busan World Expo Official Symposium" and a press conference with foreign journalists held in Paris last week. After briefly returning to Korea to meet with CARICOM (Caribbean Community) leaders in Seoul to request support for the Busan Expo bid, he departed again for Paris to engage in the final stages of the bidding process.

Meanwhile, Chairman Choi is scheduled for the first appeal trial of his divorce lawsuit with No So-young, director of the Art Center Nabi, on the 9th of next month. This comes about 11 months after the first trial verdict was announced in early December last year.

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