'Happy Mrs Jung-sook' begins work as South Korea's first lady among equals


  • World
  • Friday, 16 Jun 2017

South Korea President Moon Jae-in's wife Kim Jung-sook gets out of a car to meet to neighborhood residents upon her arrival at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea May 10, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

SEOUL (Reuters) - She shops for fish for her family and is not afraid to go out in public in her slippers without a fancy hairdo, but one thing sets "Happy Mrs Jung-sook" apart from other South Korean housewives.

She is the First Lady of South Korea, the wife of popular new liberal President Moon Jae-in.

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