US President Joe Biden. File photoSEUL, Jul 27 The South Korean-American Friendship Alliance Association named U.S. President Joe Biden an honorary Korean name and presented a certificate to U.S. National Security Council Indo-Pacific Affairs Coordinator Kurt Campbell, the statement said. organizations. In Korean, Biden was called Bae Ji Sung. The surname Bae is taken from the name of the city of Pyeongtaek, where American troops are based in South Korea, and the name Ji Sung is a two-character name that means «territory» and «star».
" honor to announce and assign US President Joseph Robinett Biden Jr. a Korean name. It will be Bae Ji Sung",” the association said in a statement, a photo of which was published by the Yonhap agency.
The assignment of a Korean name to Biden was timed to coincide with the anniversary of the truce in the Korean War of 1950-1953, which is celebrated on July 27. Biden is one of dozens of high-ranking US officials to whom the association has already assigned Korean names. So, Barack Obama was named Oh Han Ma, and Donald Trump was called Woo Dae Il. =»/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/017c5d001b2086888b48dfeb46ba2786.jpg» />South Korea and the United States conducted missile launches in response to North Korean tests