By UN Journal Kayla Lee Prime Minister Han Deok-soo received Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, who is on an official visit to Korea (May 30-June 1), at Government Complex Seoul, and exchanged views on issues of mutual interest on May 31. Prime Minister Han congratulated Vietnam on the recent election of President To Lam, and emphasized the importance of strategic communication and exchanges between the two countries to further develop the comprehensive strategic partnership in all fields. Foreign Minister Son thanked Han for his hospitality and praised the high-level exchanges, including the back-to-back bilateral visits of the two leaders over the past two years, as a strong impetus for the development of bilateral relations. The two sides also expressed their willingness to work closely together to fully implement the Action Plan for the Implementation of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which was agreed upon during President Yoon's state visit to Vietnam in June last year. The two sides agreed to accelerate reciprocal cooperation in line with the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Han asked for special attention and support to create a favorable environment for Korean businesses in Vietnam, and Son promised to keep an eye on the issue of supporting Korean business activities in Vietnam. The Prime Minister also emphasized that active people-to-people exchanges are fundamental to the development of bilateral ties, and called on Minister Son to continue to strengthen communication and cooperation to promote the safety, protection, and convenience of the people of both countries living and working in each other's countries. Han expressed his appreciation for Vietnam's support for his government's efforts to promote peace and stability in the region in its role as ASEAN-Korea Dialogue Facilitation Unit (AKFU) and asked for continued interest and cooperation. He also called on Vietnam to play an active role in helping ASEAN send a firm and united message to North Korea in response to its provocations, including the launch of military reconnaissance satellites and ballistic missiles.
UNJournal Kayla Lee | Minister of Foreign Affairs Cho Tae-yul met with visiting International Crisis Group on May 28 and exchanged views on the importance of the Global South, which encompasses developing countries in the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and Asia, as well as cooperation measures, the international situation, and the situation on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia. As the strategic position of the Global South is strengthening under the geopolitical transformation, including the intensifying U.S.-China strategic competition, the war in Ukraine, and the crisis in the Middle East, Minister Cho called for ICG to monitor ongoing conflicts around the world and make recommendations to key policymakers. He said that Korea will cooperate with ICG, which has expertise in Africa, to establish regional diplomatic strategies. Cho also explained that South Korea is expanding its role and contributions in line with its status as a global pivotal country, and plans to develop a win-win partnership with the Global South, especially through the Korea-Africa Summit scheduled to be held on June 4-5, by actively leveraging South Korea's strengths and capabilities based on its experience in industrialization and democratization in a short period of time. While deeply agreeing that the Global South countries are essential to resolving international issues amidst a tectonic shift in the geopolitical environment, Ero emphasized the need to work toward practical solutions to international issues such as poverty, security challenges, and international debt relief faced by many countries in the Global South. In addition, Ero praised Korea for achieving economic prosperity and political democracy based on universal values of freedom, human rights, and the rule of law, and said that they will work together to enhance Korea's status and role in the international arena, including cooperation in the Global South. Cho and Ero also exchanged views on recent developments on key diplomatic issues, including the outcome of the South Korea-Japan-China summit, bilateral relations, trilateral relations, and U.S.-China relations.
UNJournal Jon Lee | The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Jan. 16 that it will hold the '2024 F/W Seoul Fashion Week' from Feb. 1 to 5, which will showcase fashion trends that will be popular this fall and winter. The Seoul Fashion Week will consist of 21 brand fashion shows (15 DDP and 6 Seongsu SFactory) and a trade show with 68 brands and 300 domestic and international buyers (100 from 14 countries). This year's fashion show will include more young brands with high potential for global growth, and the stage will be expanded to Seongsu, a 'fashion mecca,' as last year's fashion show was held only at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). A total of 68 apparel brands, miscellaneous goods, and jewelry brands, including those participating in the fashion show, will participate in the trade show, gathering major domestic and international department stores, editorial shops, online shopping malls, showrooms, and fashion investment companies. The fashion show will be held six weeks earlier than last year. As global interest in K-fashion is growing, the organization plans to hold the fashion week ahead of the four major overseas fashion weeks (New York, Paris, Milan, and London) to increase the interest of global fashion media and big buyers. NewJeans was selected as an ambassador for Seoul Fashion Week in February last year and will continue its role this year. They will appear in seasonal posters and videos to introduce Seoul Fashion Week and K-fashion brands to 'fashion people' around the world. The poster was created in a pictorial style, with all the members of Newjeans wearing clothes from the collections of the participating brands of Seoul Fashion Week F/W 2024 (Han Na Shin, July Column, and ULKIN). The city will also organize a citizen participation event where people can experience the fashion shows of 21 brands at Seoul Fashion Week. Participants can apply on Seoul Fashion Week's official Instagram from Jan. 16 to 24, and 200 seats will be awarded through a lottery. The Seoul Fashion Week website (www.seoulfashionweek.org) will also accept applications from domestic and international buyers for the trade show until Jan. 29. "We will continue to develop Seoul Fashion Week into a global fashion business platform that trend-setting fashion people and buyers from around the world want to visit," said Kwon So-hyun, head of the Seoul Beauty and Fashion Industry Division.
UNJournal Jon Lee | Ilhwa Co. announced on Dec. 29 that it has signed a supply contract to export its barley carbonated beverage 'Mc Col' to South Africa. By signing a supply agreement with Trilion Cart, a local network group with many large affiliates in South Africa, Ilhwa will officially introduce Mc Col to the African market. The supply agreement totals 200,000 cans. Mc Col is Korea's leading longevity brand, launched in 1982. It is characterized by its cool and refreshing barley flavor. It has rich nutritional ingredients such as vitamins B1, B2, and vitamin C. It is currently exported to the United States, Japan, Russia, and Australia. At the Mc Col supply contract signing ceremony held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, Ilhwa CEO Kim Yoon-jin and Trilion Cart founder Radebe attended. The representatives of the two companies performed a toast with more than 4,000 festival attendees. "Starting with exports to South Africa, we expect Mc Col to make waves in the African market and raise the profile of K-beverages across the globe," said Kim Yoon-jin, CEO of Ilhwa.
UNJournal By Kayla Lee | Seoul Tourism Organization (STO), led by CEO Gil Ki-yeon, has reorganized the Seoul Lantern Festival & Gwanghwamun Square Market into Season 2 for the New Year 2024. Season 2 will run from January 1 to 21. First of all, the Seoul Lantern Festival will add a media show for the New Year and conduct various experience programs. A projection mapping content 'New Year Media Show' will be held from 9:50 p.m. to 10 p.m. every day until the 21st in the White Hall, a 360-degree sphere representing the universe, wholeness, and earth. Various videos symbolizing the city, people, and nature will be screened under the theme of "White Night in Seoul," the theme of the Seoul Lantern Festival. Video works by media artists that symbolize the present and future of Seoul will also be shown under the theme of the New Year 2024. New Year's online and offline events will also be held for domestic and international tourists. The online event 'Tell me your wish' will be held from January 4 to 8. Everybody can participate on the official Instagram account, and if they write a five-letter New Year's wish in the comments of the event post, they can win a gift icon through a lottery. At the Gwanghwamun Square Experience Zone, new special programs such as making your own lanterns and lucky lottery tickets will be held. Until the 12th, visitors can make paper lanterns by choosing the color of paper they want in the 'Make Your Own Lantern' program. From the 13th to the 21st, visitors can write their New Year's wishes on pre-designed mini cards to create a lucky lottery ticket. The Gwanghwamun Plaza Market will also change some of its sculptures and vendors to showcase new products in line with the New Year's concept. Sculptures symbolizing the new year, such as lucky bags, will be installed, and the wish cards for the Wish Tree event will be replaced with models symbolizing the new year. Gwanghwamun Square Market's popular photo zone, the Gwanghwa Tree, will also be decorated with New Year's greetings. The Seoul Lantern Festival and Gwanghwamun Square Market opened on December 15 last year and will run for 38 days until January 21. By Dec. 31, about 2.12 million people had visited the festival and the Gwanghwamun Plaza Market had generated 830 million won in sales. "We hope that the newly revamped Seoul Lantern Festival and Gwanghwamun Square Market will provide a memorable start to the new year," said Gil Ki-yeon, CEO of Seoul Tourism Organization.
UNJournal Jon Lee | POSCO Group is cooperating with the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ho Chi Minh National University to acquire outstanding talents in Vietnam. ] POSCO Group Chairman Jeong-woo Choi inked a memorandum of understanding for industry-academia collaboration with Ngo Thi Phuong Lan, dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of Ho Chi Minh National University on Dec. 7, focusing on securing outstanding talents for the group’s Vietnamese subsidiaries. The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is the premier institution in the humanities and social sciences field in the southern region of Vietnam, and is affiliated with Ho Chi Minh National University, one of Vietnam’s two national universities. With this partnership, POSCO Group aims to proactively secure exceptional talents for the future competitiveness of its Vietnamese subsidiaries by leveraging local internship initiatives and scholarship programs. The collaboration will also expand humanities exchange efforts by nurturing tailored talents aligned with POSCO’s vision through talent exchanges with the Humanities and Social Sciences Department of POSTECH. At the signing ceremony, Chairman Choi emphasized the pivotal role of local talents in the advancement of POSCO Group’s Vietnamese subsidiaries. He said, “Through the partnership with Ho Chi Minh National University, our subsidiaries in Vietnam will transform into prominent local enterprises, secure top talents early on and play a pivotal role in the economic progress of both nations.” Dean Ngo Thi Phuong Lan said, ”Ho Chi Minh National University hosts a Korean Studies department and is set to introduce a Korean Business Administration department (tentatively named). In collaboration with POSCO Group, a globally renowned environmentally friendly future materials leader, we will cultivate talents who are essential not only for POSCO but also for other Korean companies.” Following the event, Chairman Choi met with President Nguyen Thanh Tung of Vabis Tue Duc International College in Ba Ria Vung Tau City, where POSCO Group’s Vietnamese steel subsidiaries previously signed an industry-academia collaboration MOU in August. They reviewed the progress of the collaboration. Under the “Industry-Academia Collaboration MOU for the Cultivation of Outstanding Steel Industry Professionals,” Vabis Tue Duc International College plans to open major courses needed by POSCO Group, such as steel technology along with Korean language, Korean culture, and corporate citizenship, starting in February next year. Moreover, POSCO’s Vietnamese steel subsidiaries will be recruiting top graduates to foster as key field personnel. Chairman Choi said, “With the industry-academia collaboration program, the educational institution will produce talents tailored to the manufacturing sector, while the company will establish a virtuous cycle by fostering key personnel through talent acquisition and global production base deployment programs.”
UNJournal Jon Lee | The Embassy of Cambodia in Seoul and the Korea International Trade Association (KITA) jointly held the 2nd Korea-Cambodia Business Forum at the Trade Tower in Seoul on Dec. 21. The forum was attended by Ambassador of Cambodia to Korea Chring Botumrangsay, Executive Vice Chairman Jeong Marn-ki of KITA, Oknha Sok Piseth, vice president of the Cambodian Chamber of Commerce and more than 150 Cambodian government officials and Korean businessmen. "The new Cambodian government's aggressive investment promotion policy has created a favorable environment for Korean businessmen to enter Cambodia," said Ambassador Botumrangsay. Delivering welcoming remarks, Ambassador Botumrangsay said, “The Joint Economic Committee Meeting agreement on double taxation avoidance and the Cambodian Korea Free Trade Agreement have been introduced while Korea and Cambodia have also engaged in the regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership. Noting that Cambodia’s new investment law and its launch of Pentagonal Strategy phase one provide conducive investment environment and create more opportunities for businessmen and investors, she said, “Today’s event will feature the presentation from relevant sectors highlighting a number of aspects relating to business and investment, including Cambodia’s economic outlook, business and investment environment and incentive in Cambodia as well as our human capital and labor law and information technology strategy and the project presentation from the private sector that will highlight exactly how Cambodia could attract your attention.” In an opening speech, Executive Vice Chairman Jeong Marn-ki of KITA said, "With a young population with an average age of 25.6 years, Cambodia is a dynamic country that has sustained 7% economic growth in recent years." Jeong said, "Korean companies are interested in the Cambodian government's active measures to attract investment, such as the new investment law that eliminates discrimination between locals and foreigners." According to the KITA, Korean businessmen are considering Cambodia as their third country in ASEAN after Vietnam and Indonesia. Since the free trade agreement (FTA) between South Korea and Cambodia came into effect in December last year, Korean companies have benefited from the market opening. On the day, Ha Miley, Deputy General Manager of KITA, presented the current state of the Cambodian economy, saying, "Until the improvement of Cambodia's infrastructure and labor productivity reaches a stage that meets the expectations of Korean companies, we need to establish a mid- to long-term investment roadmap by considering other markets and their advantages and disadvantages." Meanwhile, Prof. Cho Yong-beom of the Konkuk University, said, "Cambodia is attracting the attention of investors due to its ICT workforce with an average salary of less than $300 and the government's rapid response to prepare for the Fourth Industrial Revolution." He added, "Cambodia should make intensive investments in the ICT sector, including the establishment of an ICT core technology research center."
UNJournal Jon Lee (New Year Message) Dear readers of the Diplomacy Journal, I wish all readers of Diplomacy Journal all the best in the coming year 2024. The year 2023 was a very special year for us as it marked the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the Republic of Korea and Switzerland. It was also the 70th anniversary of Switzerland's presence on the Korean Peninsula as a member of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission. Over the past six decades, our two countries have cultivated a solid partnership in politics, economics, science, technology, business, art and design. On this fertile ground, even more people-to-people and institutional cooperation has blossomed this year. To name just a few of the year's highlights, Federal Councillor Guy Parmelin and Minister Lee Jong-ho signed a joint declaration aimed at strengthening existing ties between Switzerland and South Korea in all areas of research, particularly digital transformation, biotechnology and quantum technologies. The visit of the Parliamentary Friendship Group Switzerland-Korea, led by National Councillor Christian Wasserfallen, marked an important political exchange. In the field of science and technology, the Embassy's annual lighthouse event, the Swiss-Korean Innovation Week, and the Swiss-Korean Life Science Symposium brought together experts from both countries to explore multidisciplinary issues in innovation and technology. In the economic field, an agreement between the Basel Area Business & Innovation and the Korea Pharmaceutical and Bio-Pharma Manufacturers Association in South Korea led to more Korean pharmaceutical companies coming to Switzerland. At the KORMARINE maritime technology exhibition, the Swiss pavilion became a hub for exchanges between Swiss hidden champions of marine technology and Korean companies. In the field of art and architecture, the Swiss Pavilions at the Gwangju Biennale and the Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism left a lasting impression on the public. A unique "Hangul Helvetica Summit" exhibition added another layer to our font exchange. Throughout the year, the Swiss Embassy building, now affectionately called the "Swiss Hanok," was open not only to professionals from both countries, but also to the Korean public. Many design enthusiasts came to the Embassy for Design Talks on interior design, graphic design and sustainable fashion, and the Christmas Design Market was very popular with visitors and friends of Switzerland. The Swiss Embassy will continue to serve as a platform for even more vibrant exchanges and dialogues, and play our role as a catalyst for deepening the relationship between the two countries in the future. In particular, in 2024, Switzerland and the Republic of Korea will simultaneously become non-permanent members of the UN Security Council, emphasizing joint efforts at the global level for human security and comprehensive peace. We look forward to an extraordinary year in which our two countries will work closely together for global security and peace. May the coming New Year bring peace and joy to us all.
UNJournal Jon Lee | The Embassy of Azerbaijan in Seoul held an event dedicated to the Memorial Day of Azerbaijan’s national leader Heydar Aliyev at Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on Dec. 11.
UNJournal Kayla Lee | Expressing pure beauty in his uniquely structured works, artist Kim Sejoong draws the viewers deep into a magical time in a single space that allows them to see things in a new light and make them look amazing. The thousands and tens of thousands of hours of perseverance they have put in have not been in vain. This is the beauty that reborn European art forms and awakened the sense of art in the East. It will be a fantastic time to open the eyes and minds of the viewers with the reorganization of space and the illumination of vision, guiding them to a new world. Looking at Artist Kim's three-dimensional works of flat beauty, you can't help but want to stroke them with your fingertips. And the hidden artistic soul within you will be stirred up, giving you the urge to color and fold all the immaculate things in the world. Eternity in frozen time While juxtaposing or being compatible with extreme reality and surrealism on the same screen, his work, which has established its own territory away from the general and fixed trend of art history, focuses on 'eternity'. Contact with the essence of existence that lies behind the visible visual surprises is at the core of his work, i.e., 'contact' with the familiar/existing/given existence. This is confirmed by the fact that he has consistently repeated “Dream the Eternity” as the title of his works since 2012, and that the 'pebbles' that often appear in his works are not only a means of referring to the 'eternity of time' that guarantees the essence of existence, but also an act of correlation that sensually connects reality under the link of subject and object. However, along with the statues, the pebbles also have a deeper meaning than it seems. First of all, the pebbles resemble human beings with their own uniqueness. The cobblestones clustered together represent the community within a society. If the pile of pebbles on the screen is a community, then each pebble is a human life that becomes smaller and rounder as it collides with the countless 'grains of time'. Stones and people alike, rough and angular, are worn down and softened by time. The pebbles make the sound of friction, which is caused by the pebbles floating in the waves and touching each other. This is no different from the sound of life. Our daily lives, sometimes painful, sometimes joyful, are similar to pebbles, where they are swept away by something like a giant wave, but then they return to their own place with a calm and clear sky and continue their lives. We make tangible and intangible sounds at different times. For the artist, sound is equivalent to the sound of nature, the sound of existence. And this is 'expressed' in his paintings. The pebble is not just a natural object, but the life of 'you' and 'me', an object corresponding to each of them, and it becomes a representation of the subject as it is transformed into the life of the artist's 'self'. The pebbles in his work are not only natural objects that hold aspirations and wishes, but also symbols of the artist's aesthetic compass, a place of regression and circulation, a surreal intersection of real time and eternal time. It is also difficult to deny that in 2005, the artist broke away from the flow that was consistent with 'silence' and opened the door to today's artist who swims in time. Among them, 'time' can be said to be an important topic that confirms the artist's eternity. Career of Kim Sejoong 2022 Graduated from General Graduate School of Hongik University, Department of Fine Arts, Painting Major (Ph. D in fine arts) 2006 Graduated from Hongik University, Department of Painting (Master in fine arts) 2003 Graduated from Hongik University College of Fine Arts, Department of Painting Solo Exhibitions 2023 Being and Breathing (Gallery BHAK, Seoul) 2022 Between Eternity and Moment (THE Gallery, Gyeonggi-do) 2022 Between Eternity and Moment (Kim Sejoong Museum, Seoul) 2020 Between Eternity and Moment (Kim Sejoong Museum, Seoul) 2020 Strange and Unfamiliar Dreams (Jungmungyu Museum of Art, Gyeonggi Province) 2019 Entre l'éternité et l'instant (Atelier Claude Monet, FRANCE) 2016 Nature, Dream, Eternity (Park Soo Geun Art Museum, Gangwon-do) 2013 Dreaming of Eternity (Park Young-Deok Gallery, Seoul) 2008 Embracing Eternity (Park Young-Deok Gallery, Seoul) 2005 Whispers in the Dark (Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art / Space Morning, Seoul) 2005 Whispers in the Dark (Gallery PICI, Seoul) Group exhibitions and art fairs (310-odd times) Awards 2022 Grand Prize, Hoban Cultural Foundation Young Artist Art Competition '2022 H-EAA' 2020 The 23rd World Peace Art Exhibition 'Overall Grand Prize _ Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Award' 2014 Danwon Art Festival 'Selected Artist' 2011 The 2nd Catholic Art Competition 'Excellence Award' 2006 Danwon Art Exhibition 'Special Prize' 2006 The 25th Korea Art Exhibition 'Special Prize' Residencies 2015 The 10th Artist-in-Residence at the Park Soo Geun Museum of Art Creative Studio (Yanggu, Gangwon-do) 2013~2014 Gyeonggi Creative Center Institutional Cooperation Residency Artist (Gyeonggi Creative Center, Gyeonggi Province) Possession of Works Ministry of Defense, Hanwha Group, Medical Group Vestian, Catholic Archdiocese of Seoul, Gwangju Art Museum, Danwon Art Museum, Park Soo Geun Museum, RYC Center, New York, Hongik University Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea University Museum, Hoban Cultural Foundation, etc.
UNJournal Jon Lee | “Moroccan Sahara is a successful model of autonomy in action in the Maghreb and Africa, just as Jeju is a successful model in Asia,” said Amb. Chafik Rachadi of the Kingdom of Morocco to Korea on Nov. 24. Delivering an address Amb. Richadi said, “The Broad Autonomy Initiative for the Sahara Region, presented by Morocco in 2007, qualified as “serious and credible” by the UN Security Council and the international community, has proved to be not only a basis for peace, but a springboard for development. The region is becoming an economic hub, a leading center of cooperation, and a geostrategic space dedicated to stability and shared prosperity.”
UNJournal Jon Lee | “UAE is actively working on adopting a knowledge-driven and diversified economy,” said Amb. Abdulla Saif Al Nuaimi of UAE to Korea on Nov. 17. Delivering welcoming remarks at the gala event to celebrate the 52nd UAE national Day, which marks the formation of the country’s federation, Amb. Al Nuaimi said at Hotel Shilla in Seoul, “On Dec. 2 in 1971, the leaders of the Emirates agreed to unite the independent seven Emirates into a single nation. We celebrate this special event with the progress that the UAE has made over the past years. To continue the course of this progress, the UAE adopted ambitious strategies.”
UNJournal Jon Lee | Seok Chang-woo's experience, symbol of the noble will with which adversity and hardship were overcome Artist Seok Chang-woo give clear messages in all his works every time. It is an expression of willingness in regard to life. It seems as if all kinds of difficulties and ordeals are ‘gifts the recipients a sense of accom-plishment even at times of adversity and hardship." Perhaps it is closer to the real meaning that "new hope" suddenly rises. Artist Seok is often given the title of "Korea's No. 1 Euisu Painter." This is because he lost both arms when he was 29 years old when he was working as an electrician in an electric shock accident of 20,000 volts during field work. But for him, physical disability is not shame. Rather, he says that the 30 years of life that he has lived along the path of a painter after the accident were more precious and happier than the 30 years before the electric shock accident when his arms were intact. He says: “The confident act of wearing a sleeveless shirt that reveals the prosthetic arm, or the free-spirited brushwork that shows the prosthetic arm with a brush on the hook, naturally gives me energy.” The positive belief that "even the hard times spent entering ink painting and pioneering a new genre of ink croquis due to accidents are God's providence and the planned journey of life" is the central point of completing a confident world of work. Painter Seok is drawing great attention for completing his own unique writing style to the extent that it is considered that "Ilpilhwiji is an expression for Seok Chang-woo." Perhaps there are few writers who can enjoy playing with a brush and ink. The key to the Oriental black ink croquis is "the quickness to capture the essential characteristics and energy of the object that changes its appearance countless times in a short time." It is not easy to do it with a brush that is difficult to operate at will. However, Artist Seok is already a popular lacquerware artist who takes charge of the opening events of most domestic and foreign big events. If you pick the most notable chang Winter Olympics, you can't miss Seok Chang-woo's drawing performance to wish for the success of the Olympics. As such, Artist Seok has become an icon of "an artist with perfect demonstration skills who can achieve unity with the public." In a moment, he had a mysterious talent for stealing the soul of the object, and became the object of everyone's awe and envy. The scenes that demonstrated a scene of sports live on the spot are enough to attract numerous audiences and mass media. In addition, the vividness of an athlete who breathes heavily conveys a special impression to the point where the body odor of the athlete is felt as it is. Here, he can write a short message that will help you get the right posture in your life. It represents an earnestness and a firm belief in life. It is also the result of the artistic spirit that contains the sublime will of life. Artist Seok's profile: - Graduated from Myongji University majoring in electrical engineering - 46 individual exhibitions: Including 12 overseas exhibitions, 3 in the United States, 2 in Germany, 4 in China, 2 in France, and 1 in the United Kimgdom. More than 300 group exhibitions: 37 overseas invitational exhibitions, including the 8th Zurich Art Fair - More than 200 performances: 47 overseas performances, including the closing ceremony of the 2014 Sochi and 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Paralympics - More than 100 appearances on domestic and foreign broadcasts: BBC World News in the UK, NHK News in Japan and KBS1 Open Concert, - Lecture: 100 times, Mornng Madang, Korean, SBS Stockings, MBC Christmas Side Documentary Relationship 2, MBN Golden Egg 200th Special, - Textbook works include: 1 elementary school learning cartoon WHY, 4 middle school art textbooks, and 1 moral textbook - One at a middle school physical education guide, one at a high school sports culture, and one high school art theory - Published in 11 textbooks, including one high school art textbook, SK Broadband CF appearance -Development of Seokchang-woo font type in 2018, Registration of Seokchang Style Design of the Korea Intellectual Property Office in 2019 - Christian Bible, Catholic Bible, transcribed on July 27, 2021, which began on January 30, 2015 - Christian hymn on September 15, 2022. - January 30, 2023 Catholic transcription completed - Korea Calligraphy Daejeon Invitational Artist - Member of the Korean Art Association
UNJournal Kayla Lee | Artist Cheongmok Kim Han-kyoung is already evaluated as a person who has reached the level of mastership in the world of artists in Korea. Artist Kim's works which have always shown the beauty of the art crafts, especially painting, for 50 years, cover a wide range of lacquerware art in Korea and in many parts of the world. Coloring is considered a luxury among handicrafts because the process is difficult from choosing wood and the technology to make lacquer is difficult. Kim's work, which is rated to be based on the principle of ‘walking on a single path for consistent craftsmanship and traditional painting,’ is considered a luxury among handcrafts because the process is difficult to choose wood and the technology to make lacquer is difficult. As the lacquerware work that must go through a demanding and boring process of very high skills and such a process of work, it is sufficient to gauge the competence as a lacquerware artist. However, there is also a limit to evaluating his true. This is because he is working on creative work to liberate lacquerware from the artistic sense through constant search and research. Until now, in the world of lacquerware artists, the method of reproducing and inheriting tradition has been considered to be for granted. In fact, there was no alternative to traditional lacquer crafts in a situation where their reputation is almost cut off after the Japanese colonial rule. Fortunately, a small number of craftsmen were able to revive lacquerware using traditional techniques, and at this point, masters such as Chongmok were born. Nevertheless, the domestic lacquer industry is still in a barren climate. The willingness of young celebrities to challenge lacquerware to continue the vein is decreasing. In this reality, Cheongmok thinks that as long as lacquerware is trapped in the complacent view of reproduction and succession of tradition, it cannot attract the attention of young celebrities. In other words, it is difficult to expect the revival of Chilbo unless the traditional technique and the formative search for a modern sense are made. This awareness of Artist Cheongmok is embodied by the active introduction of pure painting. Cheongmok, who had been interested in and talented in painting since childhood, sought ways to bring out his potential. In the 1990s, this will of Cheongmok began to materialize, and by examining a new form of shape on existing lacquerware, it was possible to create more diverse and rich works. In addition, it is receiving a good response through attempting an appreciation work in which only paintings are drawn on panels at the same time as a full-fledged lacquer painting work. B a s e d o n t h i s p o i nt , Cheongmok recreated the seven paintings of Unbo Kim Ki-chang in this era as mother paintings. As a result, it gave another high-class work that was different from Unbo's actual work. Just as European classical copper prints were given a new life by Gaksa, Unbo's work was also given a new life by Cheongmok, an outstanding lacquer artist of this era. Such a series of new painting works predict the future of the domestic lacquer industry, including Cheongmok himself, in that it is an expansion of the area of expression of lacquer art. What is painting? It is estimated that lacquer began to be used as a craft material in Korea around the 3rd century of B.C. It was discovered that lacquerware was discovered at the end of the Bronze Age in Namjeong-ri, Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, and about 20 pieces of Mumun lacquerware, including circular lacquer and square lacquer, were excavated at the wooden coffin tomb in Daho-ri, Uichang-gun, Gyeong-sangnam-do (1st century B.C). Lacquer comes from a lacquer tree that is scratched, collected, purified, and then painted on the article to dry at the appropriate temperature and humidity, and natural ingredients are mixed with lacquer to make coloring, which is applied to the inside or outside of the article, or the pattern is examined. There is a method of painting a pattern with fine strokes, and a method of painting a pattern and painting a pattern on it, drying it, and then grinding the coating to make the pattern appear. In addition, there are Jugam-jeon lacquerware and Tombstone lacquerware, and lacquer crafts made with these techniques are called lacquerware with different names. Since the characteristics of the lacquerware are interspersed with lacquer and pigments, it is inherited because of its bright, subtle, and heavy beauty, which cannot be compared to any chemical paint. The process of coloring, because the work process is very difficult, is also obtained from a long experience. Therefore, it is also known as an area that requires craftsmanship. Exhibitions and wards concerning Artist Cheongmok: 1961: Lacquered Wooden Craft Workshop 1976: Establishment of the Chaehwa Painting Research Institute (Internal Workshop) 1979: Korean, Japanese, and Taiwanese lacquerware exhibition 1986: 1st solo exhibition of lacquerware (Modern Art Museum) 1989: Contemporary Art Exhibition Chaehwa Painting (Vase of Painting) Grand Prize 1992: 22nd National Crafts Competition Judge, Judge and Chairman of the Promotion Committee of the 3rd Korea Lacquered Contest 1993 4th Korea Lacquered Contest Judge International Ishigawa Chil Design Exhibition Chaekhwa Vase Silver Award (Japan Ishigawa Award) Winner of the Grand Prize for Painting at the International Arts Awards (First Artist Award) Traditional Unique Technology Committee Member (Production Technology Institute of the Ministry of Trade and Industry) 1996: Senior Vice Chairman of the Korean Lacquerware Protection Association, 96 International Ishigawa Chil Design Exhibition Special Award Commendation by the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism 1997: China Lacquered Exchange Exhibition (National Museum of Art, Beijing) 1998: 15th National Competition for Skill Competition for Persons with Disabilities Najeon Chilgi (Lacquerware) Judge Cultural Product Development Committee Professor of Traditional Religious Art, Catholic University of Incheon 1999: 99' International Ishigawa Design Exhibition Invitational Artist On April 20: Queen Elizabeth of England presented with a gift of the Moonyang Sutra (LG Group) Lotte Hotel mural, folding screen production in Jeju Island 2000: Senior Researcher at Hanyang University's Institute of Traditional Art, Invited Artist of the World Chil Culture Association 2000: Outstanding Craft Culture Product 100 Awarded Korean Millennium Product Selection 2001: UN Educator Award Winner Invitation Exhibition (Lotte Jamsil Folk Art Museum) Special Invitation Exhibition (Modern Art Museum) 2002: Minister of Commerce, Industry and Energy Award, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology Review Committee member An invited artist for Saint Germainen Laye of France 4th Korea Comprehensive Arts Competition Grand Prize in Craft category President Bush Award (Presentational Champion Award) 2003: France Luong International Exposition Invitation Writer 2003: U.S. Marine Corps Command I nvitation War to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Korea-U.S. alliance 2003: First International NGO Invitation to Matoguros, Brazil 2004: Intangible Cultural Property No. 1 Chaehwa Chiljang) Designated (Seoul Mayor) Nominated Arnold Schwarzenegger as an advisor to the Korea Craft Artists Association 2005: Special Exhibition to commemorate the designation of Cheongmok Intangible Cultural Property (Lotte Museum of Art)Master of Traditional Crafts at Myongji Graduate School, Master of Traditional Crafts, and Honorary Citizenship of Columbus Mayor of the U.S. Foundation of World Peace Culture Sports, Mel-bourne, Australia, World Culture Exchange Festival, Australia 2006: Korea Culture and Arts Competition Craft Division Grand Prize (Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Science and Technology Award) Honorary Citizenship Auditor General, LA Korean Festival, USA 2008: Gyeonggi-do Functional Competition Technical Review Committee appointed (Najeon Bucheon World Intangible Cultural Heritage Expo Preparatory Committee Director Intangible Cultural Heritage Function Preserva-tion Association Management Committee Chaehwa Painting Individual Exhibition (Lotte Gallery) 2009: Gyeonggi-do Functional Competition Technical Review Committee (Najeon Chilgi) Selected as a newsmaker who won the 2009 Seoul Traditional Artist Award by the Korea Important Intangible Cultural Heritage Function Preservation Association Director of the Intangible Cultural Heritage Functional Preservation Association an advisor to the Korea Craft Artists Association 2010: Jeonju Asia-Pacific Intangible Cultural Heritage Festival - "Traditional Crafts Exhibition 30." - President Obama's letter of appreciation Korea Traditional Craft Industry Promotion Association Appreciation Letter Individual exhibition of Chilhwa Special Planning (Lotte Gallery) Rome, Italy - Korean Najeon and Seven Years Ago 2010: Sulhwa Culture Exhibition G20 Summit First Lady Gift Production 2011: Seoul Intangible Cultural Heritage Functional Preservation Association Exhibition Namsangol Hanok Village Invitation Exhibition 2000: Breaths, Rediscovery of lacquerware 31st Traditional Crafts Seoul Intangible Cultural Heritage Functional Preservation Association Exhibition Director of Social Welfare Jeongseok Foundation (current) Chairman of the Lacquer Association (current) Operation of Cheongmok Lacquer Research Institute (current) Director of the World Peace War Organizing Committee
UNJournal Kayla Lee | The Cloud series, which por trays clouds in an abstract form, expresses anxiety while also representing various human relationships and emotions through a range of artistic techniques and scratches. Through different-shaped clouds, the series presents the dualism of virtual and real, while also revealing a desire to be free like a cloud and escape the weight of life's burdens. The power of free expression in the artist's work lies in the fact that it maximizes the effect of freedom. In addition to pouring out shapeless gestures that cannot be confined by any form or meaning onto the screen, the artist freely mixes collages and acrylic paintings using various expressive techniques without being bound by a single medium. To express the Cloud series' new combination, YoungK breaks down physical elements and recombines them on the screen to create something new. Through the language of beauty that is created by artistic creativity or imagination unrelated to nature, the artist avoids a geometric, linear approach and instead expresses a romantic and abstract form that conveys the world of unconsciousness and dreams, as well as fantasy and imagination free from the domination of reason. By leading the concrete form into abstraction through intuitive and imaginative creations without being restricted by physicality, the artist freely develops and expands their painting world. The existence of clouds, which float around in irregular forms, is a visible collection that cannot be defined. Although we often recall the word "cloud" and imagine a learned image, clouds are actually an irregular vapor con sisting of water droplets and ice crystals. The ever-changing shape of clouds as they float around represents an intermediary that expresses the uneasy reality world we cannot be complacent with, and the contradictory image of clouds becomes a text that expresses imagination between the virtual and the real.By abstracting the shape of clouds and relying on the power of material rather than drawing a concrete form, the artist creates a text that is the language of beauty. ■ Profile Graduated from the Department of Fine Arts (Painting Major) at Hongik University Graduate School of Art ■ Major activities 2022 Selected Artist for the Professional Arts Creation Support Project, Ansan Cultural Foundation 2022 Exhibition Coordinator for the Ansan International Art Show, Ansan Cultural Foundation 2020 Operating Committee member for the Gyeonggi Art Exhibition, Promotion and Administrative Support for the Ansan International Art Show 2020 "Ar t r ium Jeonju," Artist Art Market [Meeting the Life and World of Artists through Video/Artist Yeong-K, Jeonju] 2019 "Art Pop-up Store in Jeonju," Artist Art Market [Artist Talk: Yeong-K, Hwimok Art Museum, Arts Management Support Center] 2018 G-Open Studio <Next-door Artists: Ansan Edition>, Selected Artist: Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation 2018 Shin-Do-ri Station Culture Railroad 959: The 6th TOCA Art, 959 Art Platform Open Studio - Invited Artist, Guro Cultural Foundation, TOCA Art, Guro District Office, Korea Culture and Arts Committee 2016 Selected Artist for the Gyeonggi Youth, Korea Art Association, Gyeonggi Province Branch 2014 Selected Ar tist for the 8th Yoo Jung Art Center Monthly Project, Yoo Jung Art Center Solo Exhibition 2022 The 11th Cloud Connected Gyeonggi-do Ansan, Gallery Still 2021 The 10th Breath of Life; Ansan Cultural Arts Center Gallery A, Gyeonggi Province, Gallery Still 2020 The 9th Uncomfortable Space; Lack of Comfort, Ansan Cultural Arts Center Gallery A 2018 The 8th "2018 ART SEOUL" Selected Artist Invited Booth Exhibition, Seoul, Hangaram Art Museum Exhibition Hall 5,6 2015 Selected Ar tist for the 6th Yoo Jung Art Center Monthly Project, Yoo Jung Art Center 1Gallery Exhibition 2014 The 5th K-Art Gallery Opening Exhibition Invited Exhibition "Sense & Sensibility," Seoul, K-Art Gallery 2013 "CLOUDS" 4th and 3rd Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do and GN Gallery, Icheon, Gyeonggi-do 2012 "Harmony of the Seen and the Unseen," Sun Gallery, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do 2010 The 1st Danwon Art Museum Branch Exhibition, Planning Exhibition ■ Career 2022 Art, Each is Coming Out, Woojin Culture Space Gallery 2022 2-Person Exhibition: Geumbosung x Ye ong-K, Monamour Gallery The Purple Gallery No. 2 2022 Ace Art Planning Exhibition, Kongseu Gallery, Maru Art Center 2022 Gallery Maronie Invitational Exhibition, Art Center Jeongmisu Gallery Maronie 2021 Identity Exhibition, 22nd Regional Artists Invitational Exhibition, Special Exhibition Hall A, Imrip Art Museum 2020 3.3 Node Cluster Exhibition 5-Person Exhibition: Yeong-K, Lee Bu-an, K im Tae-cheol, Park Hyun-su, Kim Seok-jeong, Jainjeno Gallery 2019 "Drawing for Seven Months in Byeolmaro": Korea-China International Art Exchange Exhibition, Weihai Economic Development Zone Art Museum, Weihai Yugon Art Museum, Yeongwol Cultural Heritage Foundation, Hwimok Art Museum, Yugon Art Museum, China 2018 Next Door Art: Artists living next door (Ansan), Exhibition name: Flower Spring Opening, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, 2018 Light in Filigree - 2 and 3 French artists "La lumiere en filigrane-Carole Becam, Jean-Francois Sublet, Young. K(Ji-Young Kim)", Legilles), Galerie TrES, Nantes, France Galerie TrES(France Nantes) 2017 Spring Special Exhibition CROSSING3040, Ansan Cultural Foundation, Ansan, Ansan Arts Center, etc (100 times)