The U.S. State Department ‘excluded’ the blackpink collaboration proposal for the state visit event

The U.S. State Department ‘excluded’ the blackpink collaboration proposal for the state visit event

It seems that the proponent of the “Blackpink performance” for the US state visit event excluded the State Department, the responsible ministry, from diplomatic channels, and the US Embassy in Korea cooperated with this.

An official from the presidential office told Yonhap News on the 31st, "There was a proposal at the level of an idea, and it should be promoted considering realistic conditions, but it has not reached that stage."

A high-ranking passport official said on the 29th, “I know that the Korean embassy in the United States sent more than five telegrams to the presidential office with a request from the US side.” I know that President Yoon found out about this through other diplomatic channels,” he told The Dong-A Ilbo.

The Busan Ilbo reported exclusively on the 31st, “It is known that the US side proposed that ‘Korea bear the cost’ in relation to a joint concert between a Hallyu star and a pop star being promoted as part of President Yoon Seok-yeol’s state visit to the United States.”

On the 31st, Yonhap News said, "It seems that both the President's Office and YG announced that the program was canceled after four days." did.

Former Secretary Tak Hyun-min said on the 31st, "After the US State Department makes a request to the US embassy in the country, the embassy sends it to the Security Office. When a decision is made in the office, it is the process of notifying the US government through the Security Office and the embassy," said the US State Department to the US Embassy in Korea, saying that the 'request' was the first diplomatic process.

A presidential office official finally referred to the Blackpink collaboration wave as the term “idea dimension,” and there is no possibility that the US State Department accepted “idea” as an official diplomatic channel.

If this matter was started at the US State Department, Lady Gaga's performance should take precedence, but information about this has not come out anywhere.

If the U.S. State Department demanded that “South Korea bear the cost” of Lady Gaga’s performance, this should remain in the telegram that the U.S. Embassy in Korea “sent five times” to the National Security Office, and since it is a government document, official confirmation is required.

Ambassador Cho Tae-yong of the U.S. Embassy in Korea, where the incident occurred, went directly to the head of the National Security Office in this case and is responsible for sending emergency telegrams to the National Security Office five times.