Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong visits the Korean Food Festival... “Korean food is a precious cultural heritage”

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Hong Guk-ki = Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong visited the '2026 Korean Food Festival' (HANSIK FESTA) held at the National Museum of Korea in Yongsan-gu on the 24th.

Minister Song visited the booths of Kimchi master Lee Ha-yeon and Go Hwa-sun Namul master, listened to product explanations, and then purchased the products himself and distributed them to visitors.

At the Korean cooking school, foreign visitors also had time to make and taste traditional rice cake, 'Baramtteok' (Gaepitteok).

We also looked around the company's promotional booth showcasing sesame oil, perilla oil, traditional rice cakes, dumplings, and kimchi.

He then visited a booth promoting domestic fresh produce and traditional liquor, introducing Shine Muscat and cherry tomatoes to visitors and encouraging them to taste them.

Minister Song said, “It is meaningful to see citizens and foreign visitors making and enjoying Korean food together on the first Korean Food Day,” and emphasized, “Korean food is a precious cultural heritage that contains the nature and seasons of our land and the lives and wisdom of people.”

The Korean Food Festival will be held in the Mirror Pond area of the Central Museum until the 25th to commemorate the first 'Korean Food Day' (October 24th), which is designated as a legal anniversary this year.

President Lee Jae-myung's wife, Kim Hye-kyung, attended the commemorative ceremony held at the museum the day before.