The White House revealed the guest list for tonight’s State Dinner in honor of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
The list included the regular who’s who of Washington along with a handful of surprise guests including actor John Cho. The Star Trek thespian was the only entertainer — aside from the Ahn Trio, who are scheduled to perform — to be invited to the dinner.
Award-winning novelist Chang Rae Lee got the invite, along with fashion designer Christina Kim of Dosa, Momofuku chef David Chang and Dartmouth president Jim Yong Kim.
Other notable Korean Americans on the guest list are involved in politics in some sense and included overachieving brothers Howard and Harold Koh, Washington State Senator Paull Shin, Irvine Mayor Sukhee Kang and Virginia Delegate Mark Keam.
Jai Lee Wong, the executive director of Women’s Leadership Circles in Los Angeles, was also invited.
Earlier today, the White House hosted a luncheon which was attended by actor Ken Jeong as well as Olympic figure skating gold medalist Kim Yuna.
Notable omissions for the State Dinner: Actress/comedienne Margaret Cho, former D.C. schools superintendent Michelle Rhee, actor Daniel Dae Kim and KoreAm publisher James Ryu, who was quick to point out that he was invited to the luncheon.
See the entire guest list here.
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Larry,
The “Hole” is on your “back” button. You should go back to it.
I was expecting some athletes like Chanho Park, S. Choo, Anthony Kim, Se Ri Pak to be on the guest list. But didn’t see any… oh well.
Daniel Dae Kim is an A-list celeb, even if he isn’t the top actor in TV. He was part of “Lost” and now, “Hawaii 5-0″. Far from C.
Daniel Dae Kim a “notable omission.” Really?????? He’s a C-list celeb, why would they invite him?
I wrote to the white house and reminded them that I know the Wonder Girls dance and have a huge k-pop collection. My phone, cars, and microwave are all Korean… yet I received no invite to the luncheon or the dinner. Oh well. Who wants Texas beef and squash soup anyway :-(
I’m still waiting for my invite.