[尹정부 출범] End with a fusion Korean dinner... The toast is also "Freedom and Prosperity"

‘Fusion Korean food’ using national specialties was served to about 160 people from the delegation and political circles

President Yun Seok-yeol enters the dinner for foreign guests

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Seong-gon Seo = President Yoon Seok-yeol and first lady Kim Kun-hee enter the dinner for foreign guests held at the Shilla Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 10th. 2022.5.10 seephoto@yna.co.kr

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeong A-ran = The last official event of President Yoon Seok-yeol, who took office on the 10th, was a VIP dinner at the Shilla Hotel in Jangchung-dong, Seoul.

President Yoon served ‘fusion Korean food’ using local specialties to 160 domestic and foreign guests, including a congratulatory delegation for the inauguration ceremonies of each country and officials from the political and business circles. The toast to the dinner was also the ‘freedom, peace and prosperity’ emphasized in the inaugural address this morning.

The banquet, which started at 7 p.m. that evening, was attended by foreign guests from various countries including Postin Archange Tuadera, President of the Central African Republic, Halima Yakob, Singaporean President, Megawati Sukarnoputri, former Indonesian President, Former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, and Vice President of the United States Douglas Emhoff. did.

From Korea, National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seok, Supreme Court Chief Justice Kim Myung-su, Constitutional Court Chief Justice Yoo Nam-seok, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom, and National Election Commission Chairman Roh Jeong-hee, who recently expressed their apologies, attended.

People’s Power Representative Lee Jun-seok, Democratic Party Joint Emergency Response Committee Chairman Yun Ho-jung and Park Ji-hyeon, and other political figures from the ruling and opposition parties, former President Ahn Cheol-soo, former President Kim Han-gil, former National Integration Chairman Kim Byung-joon, former Special Committee on Balanced Regional Development, and Park Joo-seon, President of the Inauguration Preparatory Committee, etc. was also located

Among business figures, Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won (Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry), National Federation of Entrepreneurs Huh Chang-soo, Korea International Trade Association Chairman Koo Ja-yeol, and Small and Medium Business Association Chairman Kim Ki-moon visited the banquet.

President Yoon and First Lady Kim Kun-hee greeted each other by shaking hands with the foreign guests who entered outside the banquet hall on that day. Kim, who was wearing a black suit and a white one-piece at the time of visiting the Memorial Hall and attending the inauguration ceremony this morning, was dressed in a glossy beige two-piece at the dinner.

“The new government will contribute to freedom, peace and prosperity, and will advocate strong security and dignified diplomacy,” President Yoon said at the dinner.

“We will build a future-oriented cooperative relationship with our close neighbor Japan,” he said. “China is a close neighbor of Korea. In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and China, we will seek practical and effective cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect.”

It drew attention that Japan preceded China in the mention of the banquet following President Yoon’s congratulatory delegation meeting in the afternoon.

The dinner menu, which lasted for about 2 hours, consisted of Wando abalone, Geumsan ginseng, Gurye barley shoot, Gapyeong pine nuts, Tongyeong sea bream, Gongju chestnut, Goesan bank, Jeongseon gondre, Jeju bracken, Gimpo gold rice, Taean ramie, Chungcheong zucchini, Kaesong Yakgwa, Jeju apple. It was a fusion Korean food prepared with local specialties such as mango and Goheung citron. There were also 6 kinds of traditional alcoholic beverages made with local agricultural products.

The dinner holder placed on the dinner table was decorated with a breastplate and chrysanthemum knot worn on government uniforms during the Joseon Dynasty.

The presidential office added, “The chrysanthemum knot is known to bring good luck. The crane in the embroidered patch in the shape of a breastplate symbolizes nobility and integrity, and the candle symbolizes peace and longevity enjoyed by ordinary people.”