Nobel Peace Prize, Literature Prize...Intention, courtesy, and taste Jeonnam's global leap forward!

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The Korea Society is the first organization created in the United States for the understanding and cooperation of both Korea and the United States.

South Jeolla Province Governor Kim Young-rok, who is visiting the United States, gave a speech here.

He emphasized that Jeollanam-do's style, taste, and innovation industries were widely promoted, and above all, they were the roots of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Reporter Kim Bum-hwan reports.

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The "Korea Society" was established in 1957 by former U.S. Army Commander James Van Fleet, who participated in the Korean War and took the lead in defending Seoul.

It plays a role in strengthening the Korea-U.S. alliance, cooperation, and promoting Korean culture.

[Thomas Byrne / Chairman of the Korea Society: When the Korea Society was established, the U.S. government gave full support. The U.S. is facing a presidential election, and no matter how the results come out, the solid Korea-U.S. alliance will remain unchanged.]

South Jeolla Province Governor Kim Young-rok visited the "Korea Society" as his first visit to the U.S. and spoke on the theme of "Progress of the Korea-U.S. Alliance and Leap of Global South Jeolla Province."

[Kim Young-rok / Governor of South Jeolla Province] Today, K-pop and K-culture are creating a global craze. The basis of the Korean Wave was the efforts of Jeollanam-do masters who continued the traditions of Korean poetry, poetry, painting, and singing, such as pansori and ink-and-wash paintings.]

Jeonnam, which has always been at the center of the country, from the struggle for righteous army against Japanese imperialism to the Gwangju Student Independence Movement and the May 18 Democratic Movement.

In particular, South Jeolla Province has made it known to the world that it is willingness and courtesy after former President Kim Dae Jung's Nobel Peace Prize, which established an atmosphere of peace on the Korean Peninsula, and Han Kang's Nobel Prize in Literature.

Governor Kim Young-rok explained the beauty and taste of Namdo, such as beautiful gardens, hanboks, and delicious food, as well as the status of fostering future high-tech industries such as aerospace and energy.

[Kim Young-rok / Governor of Jeollanam-do: Jeollanam-do is dreaming of the revival of the second year with the belief that 'the most Jeonnam-like thing is the most cosmopolitan thing']

Jeollanam-do is expanding exchanges in various fields by establishing ties with various local governments around the world, focusing on geopolitical and geopolitical cooperation with the United States.

South Jeolla Province, as a leader of K-culture amid the global Hallyu fever, has pledged to become a central city that promotes Korean culture to the world.

I'm Kim Beomhwan from YTN in New York, USA.