Jung Sung-kwan, chairman of the Korea Children's Medical Foundation, participates in the Yeongdong World Gugak Expo relay cheering challenge
May 26, 2025
Jung Sung-kwan, chairman of the Woori Children's Medical Foundation, a hospital specializing in children and adolescents, participated in a relay cheering challenge on the 26th to pray for the successful hosting of the '2025 Yeongdong World Gugak Expo'.
The expo, which will be held under the slogan 'Scent of Gugak, Color the World', is Korea's first large-scale international event designed to promote the value of Gugak to the world, and will be held for a month from September 12 at the Rainbow Healing Tourist Site and Gugak Experience Village in Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do.
Just as the Children's Medical Foundation has contributed to the improvement of children's health through constant treatment day and night by operating a 24-hour friend clinic for children and adolescents 24 hours a day, the expo is also expected to contribute greatly to the global spread of traditional culture by spreading the beauty of Korean traditional music to the world without a break.
Chairman Chung Sung-kwan hopes that the "2025 Yeongdong World Gugak Expo" to be held for the first time in the world will be a meaningful opportunity to promote the beauty of Korean traditional music"I hope this event will serve as a venue for a festival that contributes not only to the globalization of Korean traditional music but also to regional development and global harmony through the revitalization of cultural exchanges."
Meanwhile, Chairman Chung participated in the challenge with the nomination of Yoon Eul-sik, vice president of medical affairs and medical director of Korea University, and pointed to Yoo Bong-seok, head of Naver's policy/RM division, as the next participant.
The expo, which will be held under the slogan 'Scent of Gugak, Color the World', is Korea's first large-scale international event designed to promote the value of Gugak to the world, and will be held for a month from September 12 at the Rainbow Healing Tourist Site and Gugak Experience Village in Yeongdong-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do.
Just as the Children's Medical Foundation has contributed to the improvement of children's health through constant treatment day and night by operating a 24-hour friend clinic for children and adolescents 24 hours a day, the expo is also expected to contribute greatly to the global spread of traditional culture by spreading the beauty of Korean traditional music to the world without a break.
Chairman Chung Sung-kwan hopes that the "2025 Yeongdong World Gugak Expo" to be held for the first time in the world will be a meaningful opportunity to promote the beauty of Korean traditional music"I hope this event will serve as a venue for a festival that contributes not only to the globalization of Korean traditional music but also to regional development and global harmony through the revitalization of cultural exchanges."
Meanwhile, Chairman Chung participated in the challenge with the nomination of Yoon Eul-sik, vice president of medical affairs and medical director of Korea University, and pointed to Yoo Bong-seok, head of Naver's policy/RM division, as the next participant.
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This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
