President Yoon: ``The reason for the success of K-content is because the Korean government was not involved'' - South Korean report

Kim said that President Yoon Seo-gyeol attended the ``2024 New Year's Greetings for Cultural Artists'' held at the Arts Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 8th, and encouraged cultural artists.
Spokesperson Soo Kyung reported this. The event was attended by actor Lee Seung-jae, Korean Arts Academy president Shin Suzy-young, National Choral Theater member Yoo Tae-pyung-yang, and "One Million" leader Lia.
Approximately 150 cultural artists participated, including Kim, disabled artist and actor Ha Ji-sung, and Son Young-sook, chairman of Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group.
This New Year's Greeting Party is the largest New Year's event held every year in the culture and art world, and will touch the lives of many people throughout the year of 2023.
It is a place where people from the culture and art world who have enriched Korea are invited to exchange words of encouragement and pledge to make even greater strides in the Korean culture and art world in 2024.
President Yoon said at the beginning, ``I am honored to be able to celebrate the New Year with such prominent figures from the culture and art world.
I'm very happy to have come," he said, expressing his gratitude to those in attendance. During his visit to the United States last year, President Yoon gave a lecture at Harvard University in response to a student's question about why K-content was successful.
He introduced an episode in which he answered, "Because the South Korean government was not involved." Professor Joseph Nye, who shared the podium with President Yoon, gave the response an "A plus" and said, "I would like to thank you all for your support."
"We will not interfere in what you do," he said. President Yoon also sang ``American Pie'' during his visit to the United States, and encouraged many American people to sing Korean songs.
He shared an anecdote that gave him a good impression of the country, saying, ``It helped me realize how powerful culture can be in diplomacy.''
Lastly, he said, ``I would like to ask everyone to join us in building a wonderful Republic of Korea.''
I prayed for a bright new year for the participants and Korea. Actor Lee Seung-jae, who participated in this day's event, requested the president's support for the development of the culture and art world, and hoped that the country's fortunes would improve in 2024.
They toasted and prayed for a fun year for all the people. In addition, Son Young-sook, chairman of the Hanmi Pharmaceutical Group, who is a photographer and representative of a company that sponsors culture and the arts, gave a New Year's greeting, saying,
I hope this will be a year in which we all share love and warmth for the cultural artists who support us.'' Next, Yoo Tae-pyeong-yang of the National Choral Troupe will continue to perform in Korean folklore in 2023.
Hoping that traditional Korean culture is loved and that the love continues this year, the traditional Korean performing art ``pansori'' was performed as a substitute for New Year's greetings.
President Yoon then went around the tables shaking hands with the attendees.
He encouraged them, wished them a Happy New Year and wished them good health. Kim HyunWoo, a painter with developmental disabilities who is close friends with President Yoon, also participated in the event, and communicated with the president about his current situation. Kim is president
He is the artist who painted the painting ``Percy Jackson Mathematics Drawings'' that hangs in his room.