SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Jung-sook, the First Lady and wife of President Moon Jae-in, watched the Bollywood flick “Dangal” yesterday with Indian nationals currently studying in South Korea. Kim met with 15 Indian students currently pursing studies in the fields of Korean, electronic engineering and computer engineering at an art house movie [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The organizers of the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games said Thursday they expect a sold-out crowd in the bronze medal ice hockey game featuring South Korea later this week. South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team will face the loser between the United States and Italy in the game [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — First Lady Kim Jung-sook is a woman of her word. Leading up to the March 9 opening ceremony of the Paralympics, Kim issued a statement through Blue House deputy spokesperson Ko Min-jung declaring that she would “attend every event our country’s athletes compete in throughout the Paralympics if possible”. [...]
JEJU, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean First lady Kim Jung-sook and U.S. first lady Melania Trump greeted a group of visiting schoolchildren on Tuesday, including family members of U.S. military and diplomatic personnel, after a stroll around the Blue House. As a show of gratitude, the first ladies gave scarves to the children consisting [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — As Presidents Moon Jae-in and Donald Trump meet for a summit on North Korea, alliance and trade on Tuesday, their wives plan to get chummy with confabs, tea time and a brief stroll around the presidential compound. South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook and her counterpart Melania Trump will [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Exuding confidence, motherly warmth and down-to-earthness, new first lady Kim Jung-sook has garnered as much public attention as her husband Moon Jae-in who scored a resounding victory in Tuesday’s presidential election. Waving and giving a thumbs up to Moon’s well-wishers and other citizens, a beaming Kim has been alongside [...]