Members of the K-pop group Girl’s Day pose with Soohorang the white tiger and Bandabi the Asiatic black bear as they become honorary ambassadors for next year’s PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on July 13.
By Kim Young Deok and Kim Young Shin
Photos = Jeon Han
July 13, 2017 | Foreign Press Center Korea
The pop group Girl’s Day has been named as an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
The PyeongChang Organizing Committee held an appointment ceremony to name the four members of Girl’s Day as honorary ambassadors for next year’s Winter Olympics, at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on July 13.
“The PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will be ‘Culture Olympics’ that will make the world proud,” said President Lee Hee-beom of the organizing committee. “With the world’s best IT supporting the audience and the world’s best pop group, Girl’s Day, promoting the Games, next year’s Olympics will definitely be the highest, the most and the best.”
Singer Sojin from the pop group Girl's Day shouts out, “Go, PyeongChang!” after being appointed as an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Foreign Press Center Korea in Seoul on July 13.
Girl’s Day singer Sojin said, “It's an honor to become an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. We will try hard to support the 87,000 members of the Passion Crew," she said, referring to the Organizing Committee staff.
The pop group will be promoting the upcoming Olympic Games both online and offline by attending relevant events with Olympic volunteers and other staff, such as the "G-100 Day" that will mark the 100-day countdown to the Opening Ceremony.
Girl’s Day is now the 35th honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Starting with the string ensemble Sejong Soloists in 2011, the Organizing Committee has named a wide range of celebrities as honorary ambassadors, from sports, entertainment and arts, including former figure skater Kim Yuna and Taeyang from the pop group Big Bang.
President Lee Hee-beom (left) of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee presents a plaque of appointment to Hyeri from the pop group Girl’s Day at the Foreign Press Center Korea on July 13.
President Lee Hee-beom of the PyeongChang Organizing Committee (center) and the pop group Girl’s Day pose with a giant name card appointing the pop group as an honorary ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, at the Foreign Press Center Korea on July 13.
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