In September last year, singer Park Jin-Young was appointed co-chairman of The Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange under President Lee Jae-myung, and about six months later in March this year, news of his resignation from the JYP board of directors has drawn attention to his activities.
Earlier, Kang Hoon-sik, director of the presidential office, announced Park Jin-Young's appointment at a briefing, saying, "one of the singers representing Korea who has worked to globalize K-pop," and "I hope people around the world enjoy our popular culture more, and that we too encounter a variety of foreign cultures, contributing to making Korea a place where culture blossoms," he said, expressing his expectations.
In response, Park Jin-Young also said on social media, "Taking on government work is burdensome and worrisome in many ways for someone working in the entertainment industry, so I thought about it a lot," and "but K-pop has encountered a very special opportunity now, and I decided because I thought we must use this opportunity well," he said.
He added, "I will organize the need for institutional support I felt while working on the ground so that effective support can be provided," and "I will work to provide better opportunities for junior artists and do my best so K-pop can take a step forward and become a venue where people around the world understand and interact with each other."
His activities quickly extended to the international stage. In November last year, Park Jin-Young, in his capacity as co-chairman of The Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange under President Lee Jae-myung, attended the Korea-China leaders' dinner and met Chinese President Xi Jinping. Park Jin-Young wrote on social media at the time, "I was truly happy to meet President Xi Jinping and talk with him. Thank you for listening and offering kind words," and "I hope we can have more conversations so that the peoples of both countries can grow closer through popular culture."
Park Jin-Young had already said on a variety show, "I have already drawn up a five-year K-pop roadmap." As a producer who has created numerous national singers, he was still pondering the future of K-pop. Amid this, news that Park Jin-Young would step down from his position as an inside director of JYP Entertainment in March drew even more attention.
Yesterday, on the 10th, JYP Entertainment said, "Park Jin-Young has resigned from his position as an inside director and will not seek reappointment as an inside director at the shareholders' meeting on the 26th." Going forward, Park Jin-Young plans to focus more on his creative activities as an artist, nurturing junior artists, and new external activities for the K-pop industry, and many are looking to his next move toward greater dreams with supportive attention.
Since debuting in 1994, Park Jin-Young has worked for more than 30 years as a singer, songwriter and producer. Although he is stepping down from his position as an inside director at JYP, his challenge toward K-pop and popular culture is still ongoing.<
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