The gesture accompanied Lula’s state visit to Seoul, where the two leaders agreed to strengthen bilateral ties
The 11-second clip, posted to Lee’s social media account on Monday, begins with archival photos of a young Lee and Lula. The images are then animated by AI, their frames fading away as the two embrace, before cutting to present-day footage of the leaders hugging outside South Korea’s presidential residence.
“Brother President Lula, I present this video to you,” Lee wrote in the post, which has been viewed over 4 million times.
“Two young factory workers became presidents and met together. We share the experience of being wounded, yet we were not scarred,” he said, as reported by The Korea Times.
