South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung will present Donald Trump a duplicate of a historic golden crown on Wednesday, the newest eye-catching current to be bestowed upon the US president throughout his frenetic tour of Asia this week.
The present can be introduced as the 2 meet in the South Korean metropolis of Gyeongju on Wednesday.
South Korea’s presidential workplace stated the present would signify “the new era of peaceful coexistence and joint growth on the Korean Peninsula that South Korea and the US will work together on.”
The duplicate is predicated on the traditional Silla Kingdom’s gold crown, which symbolized “sacred authority and absolute rule” of kings and ruling class, in accordance with the National Museum of Korea.
The kingdom was one in all three historical dynasties that dominated the Korean peninsula, and its paintings from the fifth and sixth centuries is taken into account significantly beautiful.
Silla’s gold crowns depict a tree with branches spreading upwards, “signifying the king’s heavenly mandate,” in accordance with the museum. Decorations additionally embrace animals.
Trump is anticipated to view six Silla gold crowns, introduced collectively for the primary time for an exhibition at APEC, a regional summit of Pacific leaders being hosted in Gyeongju. The Silla kingdom was situated in the southeastern a part of the Korean peninsula, the place Gyeongju is at this time.
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South Korea’s present would possibly elevate eyebrows amongst a few of Trump’s critics in the US who’ve organized rising protests underneath the banner of a “No Kings” movement.