South Korean President Yoon Sings 'American Pie' at Biden's State Dinner | VOANews

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▶️ South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol briefly sang for the crowd at a White House state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday night.

👉 Yoon is on a six-day state visit to Washington, where he discussed with U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday "the end" of any North Korean regime that used nuclear weapons against the allies.

But the two leaders had more cheerful topics on the agenda at the White House state dinner in Yoon's honor later that day, with the South Korean leader — who is known at home to be something of a karaoke buff — sharing his love of American music.

"We know this is one of your favorite songs, 'American Pie,'" Biden said to Yoon, having pulled him up onto the stage at the end of the evening to listen to singers perform the classic.

"Yes, that's true," the 62-year-old Yoon admitted, saying that he had loved the Don McLean song, released in 1971, since he was at school.

"We want to hear you sing it," said Biden.

"It's been a while but..." Yoon responded, offering only token resistance as he took the microphone.

Yoon belted out the first few lines of the song a cappella, triggering rapturous applause from the crowd and delighting Biden and the First Lady. #southkorea #voanews


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What a breath of fresh air in global politics

SimonkaShow
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WOW! What a MASTER stroke! Yoon just CONNECTED with millions of Americans. Thank You!

joemexico
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Bravo, President Yoon! We love S. Korea! Thank you.

layla_
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Wow, difficult song but president Yoon nailed it !

chuckanderson
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This song will deepen the alliance between the two countries.

benedicta
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I do appreciate White House's most kind hospitality to our President... It was the best state dinner I ever seen.. God bless White house!... God bless Korea-US alliance!

myunggibaek
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On February 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and JP (The Big Bopper) Richardson died and with them died the thousands of songs that would have been their legacy. For acapella save for a note or two from a piano, President Yoon was impressive.

bluemoose
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So proud of my country, South Korea has come so long and thriving heroically next to the greatest country the world has ever seen (United States of America) is amazing. May USA, thrive and prosper forever! Long live the states! - much love and respect from South Korea.

sturmtiger
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US-S.Korea ironclad alliance 🇰🇷 🇺🇸 forever ! 😊😊😊

boomboompow
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This is a fairly good diplomatic moment. Possibly even excellent. Reminds me of the grace of some of the old presidents like that old charmer Reagan (whatever you thought of his policies), he was a good performer on the podium. US needs to work closely with South Korea on a number of issues.

thenegociater
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Mrs. Biden's excellent choice.Thanks to you, I could listen to a great song.Looking at President Biden's smile, I wasn't there, but I was happy

godmeyoung
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The best thing to come from our White House! Good job, sir! A shared memory of our teens; United in ‘our moral soul’ and dancing slow 😊

kathleencollier
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Fabulous truly Love This. He’s an awesome singer. Wonderful man 🎉❤

bonniemash
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President Yoon Suk Yeol's lovely singing skills!!!!

jaytoonyi
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amazing & touching moment. love korea and usa

terrytrd
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Thank you for helping Korea in the Korean War God bless America

말디프
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We never knew he Yoon, the president of the Republic of Korea, has so great talents and leadership
but now we know and are proud of having him for the president of Korea.

뜻모를이야기
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there's something about old American songs. I can't imagine 20 years later a foreign president comes to state dinner singing heavy metal or rap.

onemanfourtanks
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Love him or hate him, and politics aside, this shows how music brings us as humans together

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We Koreans love and thank U.S and thank God for making us one❤️

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