President Park Geun-hye unveiled a set of birthday presents from Chinese fans via Facebook on Saturday, expressing gratitude for their support.
The package from GH-League was to celebrate her Feb. 2 birthday and included a picture calendar and 64-page photo book also containing a letter, poem and caricatures of her, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Launched in July 2013 and with some 23,000 members, the group sent similar items last year.
“I sincerely appreciate that many Chinese have been conveying much interest and affection to me,” Park said on her Facebook page.
“I will always cherish the hearts of the GH-League members who had not forgotten to deliver congratulations with presents carrying their precious minds and devotions,” she added, wishing them a happy new year and displaying hopes to meet one day.
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| President Park Geun-hye’s Facebook post |
The offering came amid growing signs of a discord between the two countries over how to punish North Korea for its fourth nuclear test early last month, and a possible stationing of advanced U.S. missile defense assets on the peninsula, opposed by Beijing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, for his part, is expected to dispatch a congratulatory letter to Park soon, as he has done the last two years. Park, too, sent messages to Xi on his birthday on June 15 in 2013 and 2014.
By Shin Hyon-hee (heeshin@heraldcorp.com)
