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Singer honors late Roh Moo-hyun in new video
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Lee Seung-hwan, left, and the late President Roh Moo-hyun
By Ko Dong-hwan
By Ko Dong-hwan
Veteran singer Lee Seung-hwan, 49, is preparing to release a new video offering tribute to the late President Roh Moo-hyun.
The video is for Lee’s song, “A Better World,’’ from his latest album “Fall to Fly’’ released in March.
The song’s lyrics are based on a poem by Do Jong-hwan, whose verses made Lee think of how Roh lived and died, the singer said.
“I thought about president Roh when I recorded the song,” Lee said in a media interview.
Cartoonist Kang Pool, film director Oh Seung-yoon and calligrapher Gong Byung-gook participated in creating the video. The Roh Moo-hyun Foundation also provided a specially designed portrait of Roh for use in Lee’s video.
Roh, Korea’s last president a liberal party, leaped to his death in 2009. While Roh left a mixed legacy as president, he continues to be lionized by liberal politicians, who remember his down-to-earth personality and contributions as a human rights lawyer and democratization activist.
The video is scheduled to be released on Friday (May 23), which will be the fifth anniversary of Roh’s death.