Tableware Pieces Used by Presidents

On June 10, Hankook Chinaware, supplier of tableware for the Presidential Office, displayed a collection of tableware used by current and former presidents at the Gangnam branch of the Shinsegae Department Store in Banpo-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul. The collection consists of tableware pieces actually used by six presidents: the late President Park Jung-hee, former presidents Jeon Doo-hwan, Roh Tae-woo, Kim Young-sam, and Kim Dae-jung, and incumbent President Roh Moo-hyun. The exhibition will be held until June 16.

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