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On the 29th, the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture (Leader Park Jin-young, Co-Chairperson Choi Hwi-young) appointed five experts leading the global pop culture industry as special members of the Leader Committee, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (Minister Choi Hwi-young) on the 30th. The term of office of a member shall be two years from the date of appointment.
The members appointed as special committee members are ▶ Michael Lapino, chairman of Live Nation; ▶ Monte Lipman, chairman of Republic Records; ▶ Muramatsu Shunsuke, chairman of Sony Music Entertainment; ▶ Jay Penske, chairman and CEO of Penske Media Corporation ▶ Fred Davis, partner of Rain Group and global co-representatives of the music sector, and are experts leading the world's music, media, performance, and investment sectors. They will provide in-depth policy advice on Korean pop culture's entry into the global market and global cooperation in the future.
At the appointment ceremony, Chairman Park Jin-young delivered a plaque of appointment of a North model with a separately produced Hojakdo pattern to the special committee members. Hojakdo Island's pattern, which combines the tiger and crab of the drum and haehak, symbolizes the resonance and resonance in the commissioned plaque, contains the K-culture and Korean beauty that spreads around the world.

Chairman Park Jin-young said, "I am truly grateful for the participation of practical leaders in the global entertainment industry, which is necessary to establish these valuable opportunities faced by K-pop into a system and grow for a longer time. Together, we will do our best to help K-pop grow as a platform for people around the world to communicate and get closer."
The Central Committee, which was established as a direct presidential committee on October 1 last year, will begin long-term and strategic cooperation with the global entertainment industry through the appointment of a special member. This is expected to be an important turning point in opening the "future of global pop culture" that the world creates together beyond the "global success of Korean pop culture."
Choi Hwi-young, the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism and co-chairman of the Central Committee, said in a congratulatory speech, "Those who have been appointed as special committee members have served as leaders of the global network as experts in music, media, performance, and investment," adding, "We ask the special committee members to play a big role in expanding the scope of global exchange and cooperation based on their experiences and insights."
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