Actor Yoo Yeon-seok was appointed as an organizing committee member of the international youth forum IFWY (IFWY).
On the 21st, according to MBC, Yoo Yeon-seok will attend the opening ceremony of the IFWY Seoul final conference to be held at Hanyang University on the 27th and deliver a special speech in front of U.N. officials and 150 youth representatives from around the world and other domestic and international audiences. Having empathized with the younger generation through his acting career, his speech, which will present sustainable change and solidarity from the youth perspective, is drawing attention.
Prior to this, to commemorate his official appointment as an organizing committee member, Yoo Yeon-seok held a ceremony in which he and the young people from around the world participating in IFWY 2025 wore the official hooded sweatshirt together. Yoo Yeon-seok delivered a message pledging, "I will stand in solidarity with youth and build a sustainable future together."
The international youth forum IFWY (IFWY), jointly hosted by the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), MBC, Hanyang University, and Eunpyeong District, will hold its final conference in Seoul from the 27th to the 29th. With the slogan "Connect for Change," IFWY is a global agenda platform where young people from around the world propose agendas and derive implementation strategies; at this Seoul final conference, 150 youth leaders from around the world will participate and adopt a joint declaration for a sustainable future based on agendas proposed in regional dialogues for each continent.
To ensure the forum's successful promotion, the officially launched IFWY organizing committee includes figures from politics, academia, civil society, youth, and the culture and arts sector. Among them, Yoo Yeon-seok, appearing as a special speaker, has shown a wide acting spectrum in dramas such as Mr. Sunshine, Hospital Playlist, and The Interest of Love, and has established himself as a trusted actor through delicate emotional expression and steady acting skills.
In particular, he won the male top excellence award in the miniseries category at the 2024 MBC Drama Awards for the drama When the Phone Rings, and recently has continued communicating with fans through his YouTube channel Weekend Yeon-seok Play. Through Weekend Yeon-seok Play's segment I plant and go, he continues volunteer activities to cultivate urban flower beds and is expanding his positive influence through participatory content with a social message. He, who has continuously shown interest in social issues and continued volunteering and sharing, is evaluated as a trusted actor for his sincere actions.
[Photo] Provided by MBC.
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