June Kang to Host Event for U.K. Queen's 90th Birthday

Published on 2016/06/05 | Source

June Kang, perhaps best known as the wife of actor Choi Min-soo, will be the mistress of ceremonies at a British Embassy party on Saturday celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday.

The British community in Korea celebrates the queen's birthday every year, but the event this year is the biggest so far with 400 invited guests, double the number of previous years.

Kang told the Chosun Ilbo that she was asked to host the event through contacts built up during her 12 years as the PR representative for an international school in Seoul which is a member of the British Chamber of Commerce here.

Kang declared herself honored to be given the chance because she is a citizen of Canada, whose head of state is the queen.

Kang will compere the event with Gordon Dudley of Research Direct International, introducing U.K. Ambassador Charles Hays and other guests.

Kang competed in the 1993 Miss Korea pageant and married actor Choi Min-soo in 1994. She is a director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Korea.