Heo Kyung-haeng, Chairman of Gwangju City Council, Celebrates Joint Wedding for Multicultural Families and Foreign Workers

On the 25th, Christmas Day, Heo Kyung-haeng, Chairman of the Gwangju City Council, attended the '17th Joint Wedding Ceremony for Multicultural Families and Foreign Workers' organized by the Korea Migrant Workers Foundation (Chairman Ahn Dae-hwan) and spent time communicating with multicultural families and migrant workers.

The 17th Joint Wedding Ceremony for Multicultural Families and Foreign Workers. Provided by Gwangju City Council, Gyeonggi Province

Held at the Blessed Neighbor Church Vision Center, this joint wedding ceremony featured four couples, including multicultural families from Vietnam and foreign workers from Cambodia and Sri Lanka, who lit the wedding candles amid the blessings of numerous guests.

Since 2007, the Korea Migrant Workers Foundation has directly prepared and held a free joint wedding ceremony every Christmas for multicultural families and migrant workers over the past 17 years. Additionally, the Gwangju branch of the Korea Beauty Association Central Committee has been providing professional beauty services such as makeup and hair styling for the newlywed couples participating in the joint wedding ceremony.

Chairman Heo Kyung-haeng said, “I send encouragement and applause to the foreign workers and migrants who have left their homeland, settled in our Gwangju, and are working hard either at industrial sites or as mothers and fathers of families.” He added, “I hope that all foreign residents and citizens have a meaningful time today through this event to foster a sense of community unique to our Gwangju.”