A promotional video for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit featuring singer G-Dragon (GD) as an airline pilot was released on the 2nd. Jang Won-young of the popular idol group IVE also appears in the video, and President Lee Jae-myung is shown for two seconds on the runway waving marshalling wands.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs APEC Summit Preparatory Planning Group said on the 2nd it released a special promotional video. The lead role is played by GD, who serves as an APEC 2025 promotional ambassador. Film director Park Chan-wook, soccer player Park Ji-sung, Jang Won-young of the girl group IVE, chef Anh Sung-jae, and DJ Peggy Gou make cameo appearances. Director Shin Woo-seok of "Dolphin Kidnappers," a winner at the New York Festivals, directed the film.
The video opens with APEC members gathering at a fusion Korean restaurant with a hanok-style exterior symbolizing Korea, conveying the message that "the world gathers in Gyeongju."
First, as GD, dressed in a pilot's uniform, slowly walks down the hallway, Park Chan-wook, Park Ji-sung, and Peggy Gou, who were seated, look up. In the kitchen, Anh Sung-jae watches as he plates a sculpture shaped like Cheomseongdae.
GD takes off his cap and sits at a long table, saying, "Welcome to APEC," and is about to say more when server Jang Won-young, dressed in hanbok, shouts, "Please move 2025 car here, 2025~."
GD then walks back out to the runway outside the Korean restaurant, climbs into the cockpit, and a passenger jet with "KOREA" written on its wing reverses to park on the apron.
In this scene, the president guides the reverse by waving marshalling wands back and forth with both hands. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained that it was meant to "depict a scene that metaphorically represents the Republic of Korea overcoming confusion and returning to the international community in an orderly manner."
After showing the tail fins of passenger jets painted with the names and symbols of APEC member countries, the video ends with the words "THE WORLD COMES TO KOREA, the world heads to Gyeongju."
Only minimal actual expenses for production were provided. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the entire production staff and cast participated without guarantees, joining in the national event in solidarity.