Actor Jung Woo-sung resigned from the position of UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador for the first time in nine years.
According to Hankyoreh 21 on the 21st, Jung Woo-sung resigned himself from the UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador position on the 3rd. Regarding the reason for his resignation, he said in an interview with the media, `I was worried that the image of the Korean delegation of the U.N. Refugee Agency and I might become too close and solidified.' `It has become a bad situation for both me and the organization because the organization and I are constantly being politically attacked and trying to add other meanings such as, `Jung Woo-sung is doing this for political reasons.'
Jung Woo-sung was appointed as an honorary ambassador for the Asia-Pacific region of the United Nations Refugee Agency in May 2014, and has served as a goodwill ambassador since the following year. For about a decade, he has visited more than 10 refugee camps, including displaced people in South Sudan, Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, Yemeni refugees on Jeju Island, and Venezuelan refugees in Colombia, and took the lead in informing the country of the situation. In addition, in 2019, he published an essay that recorded refugee-related activities 'If You Can See What I Saw.'"
Jung Woo-sung then said of the successor's Goodwill Ambassador "I hope you find it well." I'm sure there will be." We're an older generation, and younger generations are appearing. I wonder if someone with the same understanding as me who can communicate better with young people should do it."
In addition, Jung Woo-sung, who is "going to go back to being an actor and exist as an actor," quits his friendship, but there are still many issues to be talked about, such as minority issues in our society that may be of interest. I'm trying to watch with more interest."
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