By Bahk Eun-ji
Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon has expressed his desire for Busan to host a museum for the donated art collection of late Samsung Chairman Lee Kun-hee.
The wish came after President Moon Jae-in ordered his aides to review a plan to set up a separate place to exhibit the 23,000 pieces of art, rather than dividing them up among multiple museums and exhibition halls.
On Sunday, Park posted a message on Facebook saying the tentatively named "Lee Kun-hee Museum" will become a superb tourism attraction.
"It is said that an art museum to show Chairman Lee's donated collection will be built, and news reports say that museum will be in Seoul, although the bereaved family hasn't agreed," he wrote.