Wearing a tiger-shaped brooch when visiting India… “A country with great interest in tigers”
President Moon Jae-in’s wife, Kim Jeong-sook, visits the Lee Bom Theater in Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul to watch the Indian movie ‘Dangal’ on the afternoon of July 4, 2018 and poses for a commemorative photo with Indian students. [청와대 제공=재판매 및 DB 금지]
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Park Kyung-jun = Blue House protocol secretary Tak Hyeon-min refuted the allegation that President Moon Jae-in’s wife Kim Jung-sook wore a leopard-shaped Cartier brooch worth over 200 million won at an event on the 29th, saying it was not true.
Secretary Tak said this while revealing the fact that the brooch, which became the subject of controversy in a Facebook post on the same day, was worn when he watched the Indian movie ‘Dangal’ with Indian students in July 2018.
Secretary Tak said, “The woman’s brooch is not a luxury item, nor was she intended to look like a luxury item.
He said, “I even thought about wearing a traditional Indian sari at an event planned ahead of the president’s visit to India, but it seemed excessive, so I decided to wear a tiger-shaped brooch.”
Secretary Tak said, “India is a country where the prime minister is interested in tigers enough to hold a press conference on the occasion of World Tiger Day, and I reported this. “he said.
Then he wrote, “You must not open someone else’s wardrobe without permission. This is common sense and morality,” he wrote.
When some online communities raised suspicions that special activity expenses were used to buy Kim’s clothes, they even expressed dissatisfaction with it.
Prior to this, a Blue House official met with reporters on the same day and said, “It seems that the company (Cartier) has also confirmed that it is not their product.” rebutted
In response to the question, ‘Are these imitations of Cartier products,’ the official said, “You cannot think that all leopard-shaped brooches are imitations of a specific product.”
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