Politics · South Korea · 4 hrs ago
Kim Hye-kyung expands visits to cultural and welfare sites
Kim Hye-kyung, wife of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, is making more public visits without him to cultural and welfare sites.
Her recent visits have included a disability dental care center, a maternity and child medical center, and a shelter for domestic violence survivors.
She has also attended events promoting traditional culture and met with overseas adoptees.
The presidential office says she is visiting places the president may not have time to reach and listening to people there.
The aim is to connect those concerns with government policies and make support more practical.
Her activities link cultural outreach with efforts to support people facing health and safety challenges.
The office expects her to focus more on welfare and volunteer work, including visits related to violence against women.
Kim Hye-kyung, the wife of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung, is increasing public visits to cultural and welfare sites outside the president’s schedule.
Her visits have included a disability dental care centre, a regional maternal and child medical centre and a shelter for domestic violence survivors.
The Blue House says she visits places the president may not have time to reach, listens to people there and aims to connect their concerns with policy.
She has also attended events promoting traditional culture and supporting overseas Korean adoptees.
Officials say she plans to take a more active interest in welfare and volunteer work.
- Who
- Kim Hye-kyung, wife of President Lee Jae-myung.
- What
- She is expanding public visits to cultural and welfare sites outside the president’s schedule.
- When
- Recently, including events in October 2026.
- Where
- Cultural and welfare sites in South Korea, including locations in Seoul and Incheon.
- Why
- The Blue House says she aims to hear people’s concerns in places the president may not be able to visit and connect them with policy.
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Kim visited the opening of a special exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of Hunmaengjeongeum at the National Museum of World Writing Systems in Incheon.
She attended an event marking the seventh anniversary of the Central Dental Care Centre for Persons with Disabilities in Seoul.
She attended the opening ceremony of the International Korean Adoptee Associations gathering in Seoul.
She visited Gyeongbokgung Palace before a Hanbok Culture Week event and took part in a video challenge with influencers.
- Role
- Wife of President Lee Jae-myung
- Disability care
- Visited the Central Dental Care Centre for Persons with Disabilities in Seoul
- Maternal and child health
- Visited Seoul St. Mary’s Hospital’s regional maternal and child medical centre
- Domestic violence support
- Visited a shelter for survivors
- Cultural event
- Attended the International Korean Adoptee Associations gathering in Seoul on October 19, 2026
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What people are saying
We are trying to expand her activities more in line with the president’s policy agenda.
She has attended many cultural events, but she also wants to pay more attention to welfare-related fields.
People used to say it takes a whole village to raise a child, but now it seems a whole country is needed, not just a village.
I will listen to and convey the difficulties people face so they can receive practical help during pregnancy, childbirth and child-rearing.