First Lady Kim Jung-sook and Egyptian President Intesar el-Sisi meet at the Presidential Palace in Cairo, Egypt, on the 20th (local time). [연합뉴스]President Moon Jae-in’s wife Kim Jung-sook, who is on an official visit to Egypt, met with Egyptian First Lady Intisar al-Sisi on the 20th (local time) and said, “Egypt is a place I longed for as the birthplace of ancient civilizations such as the sphinx and pyramids, where history classes do not miss.” During a chat at the Presidential Palace in Cairo that day, First Lady Kim said, “It’s a pity that I can’t have a meeting with Mrs. Ms. Alsisi replied, “I would like to come back next time and meet once more not as a first lady, but as a friend, and go together to places where pharaoh civilizations such as Luxor and Aswan flourished.” “I want to share friendship like sisters.”
Ms. Kim and Ms. Alsisi continued to chat on the topic of youth. Ms. Alsisi introduced that she is sponsoring the World Youth Forum to be held in Egypt. In response, Kim explained, “It is an important issue in Korea for all young people to safely complete education and enter society, and especially the problem of job search for marginalized youth is important, so we are trying to discover many policy ideas.” Alsisi said, “A lot of Egyptian students go to study in the US, and international students say that Korean students, especially Korean girls, are very good.” Ms. Kim said, “I’m proud of Koreans studying abroad because they are so enthusiastic and smart.” replied.
Ms. Alsisi also invited Ms. Kim, who graduated from a music college, to the opening event of the City of Arts and Culture, saying, “I know that she is well versed in music and art.” Mrs. Kim said, “In recent years, Korean cultural contents have been receiving a lot of love,” and introduced success stories such as ‘Squid Game’ and BTS. In particular, as the background of the success of K-culture, Mrs. Kim attracted attention by referring to former President Kim Dae-jung. First Lady Kim said, “It is because President Kim Dae-jung opened up culture and art 20 years ago and fully supported artists. It seems to have become popular,” he explained. “Egypt is also expected to become a center of arts and culture around the world in the near future as the state is taking the lead, such as creating an arts and culture city,” he said.
Meanwhile, at a meeting with Egypt’s Korean culture PR experts held at the Cairo Resist Hotel on the same day, Ms. Kim said, “I met the Korea.net reporters for the first time in 2019, and the number of honorary reporters from 73 countries at that time has increased to 3,432 from 105 countries.” There are 351 reporters, the second most in the world, and 38 K-influencers are Egyptian.” He also emphasized, “The various articles and videos you have written have become windows and doors open to Korea.
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