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Lee visits Stray Kids concert in Mexico City

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President Lee Jae Myung (third from left) is seen at the venue of K-pop boy band Stray Kids' concert at GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City on Friday local time. (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung (third from left) is seen at the venue of K-pop boy band Stray Kids' concert at GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City on Friday local time. (Yonhap)

President Lee Jae Myung on Friday stopped by a concert of K-pop boy band Stray Kids at GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City.

On his X post with a nine-second clip where Stray Kids perform "God's Menu," Lee wrote that he was at the concert venue and said he could "truly feel the great power of K-pop, spreading the word about Korea as a cultural powerhouse to the world."

He also thanked J. Y. Park, chair of the Popular Culture Committee and founder of the K-pop agency to which Stray Kids belongs.

President Lee Jae Myung (fourth from left) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (fifth from left) are seen at the venue of K-pop boy band Stray Kids' concert at GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City on Friday local time. (Yonhap)
President Lee Jae Myung (fourth from left) and his wife Kim Hea Kyung (fifth from left) are seen at the venue of K-pop boy band Stray Kids' concert at GNP Seguros Stadium in Mexico City on Friday local time. (Yonhap)

Before their Mexico City gig, Stray Kids has been on a tour to Latin America, having visited Colombia, Brazil and Argentina for their stage performance.

Lee is currently on a state visit to Mexico and has been in Mexico City since Wednesday.

Prior to his visit to the concert, Lee greeted K-pop fans in Zona Rosa, a Korean food hub in Mexico City. According to Cheong Wa Dae deputy spokesperson Ahn Gwi-ryung, Lee greeted fans who stopped by to eat Korean food before going to Stray Kids concert.

Lee also had lunch in a Mexican food restaurant Tacos Atarantados in Mexico City, according to Ahn.


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