President Park Geun-hye watched the animated movie “The Nut Job,” jointly produced by Korea and Canada, on January 29, in honor of the country’s first Culture Day, which falls on the last Wednesday of every month. Among those present at the theater were Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Yoo Jinryong, Chairman Kim Dong-ho of the Presidential Committee for Cultural Enrichment, Redrover CEO Ha Hoe-jin, who co-produced the movie, actor Lee Kwang-soo, the brother-sister duo Akdong Musician, and children who were specially invited to see the film.



“We come to understand each other by watching films, we get a sense of beauty by looking at works of art and we become united through sports,” said President Park before the screening. “This is the magical power of culture.”

“Culture Day is a day when people can enjoy watching performances, films and sports at a discount, or even for free. I hope it will become an opportunity for everyone to appreciate and love culture,” she added.





“’The Nut Job,’ which we are going to watch, was shown overseas first and it is enjoying a huge popularity in the United States,” said President Park. “I hope you all will be able to make good, imaginative, blockbuster films like this that can be loved by people all around the world.”

By Jeon Han, Limb Jae-un
Korea.net staff writers
hanjeon@korea.kr