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First Lady of South Korea Kim Hye-kyung meets next-generation Korean artists in New York:
“I will help ensure that Korean artists can follow through the doors you have opened.”
Lee So-eun (singer-songwriter) · Wang Hyun-ji (sound effects specialist) · Ahn Soo-yeon (translator), among others
First Lady Kim attended a roundtable discussion with next-generation Korean artists held at the Korean Cultural Center in New York that morning. “Behind your achievements must have been burning passion, sweat, and tears,” she said, according to a written briefing by Jeon Eun-soo, Deputy Spokesperson of the Presidential Office.
Participants included Lee So-eun (U.S. lawyer and singer-songwriter), Park Hye-sang (soprano at the New York Metropolitan Opera), Hwang Joo-min (performer in the Broadway musical “& Juliet”), Yoon Da-in (optical illusion artist), Kim Tae-i (curatorial fellow at the New Museum, Hanwha Life), Wang Hyun-ji (film foley artist), Chun Chan Jun (head of CG at Crafty Apes), Kim Lora (co-founder and creative director of the women’s fashion brand Monse), Andrew Kwon (founder of the fashion brand ANDREW KWON), and Ahn Soo-yeon (poet and translator).
During the discussion, they shared stories about the barriers they faced and the moments of growth they experienced while working in New York, as well as the goals they hope to achieve in their respective fields.
