Photographs of the State Dinner in Honor of President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea, 2011

The White House hosted a State Dinner in honor of South Korea on October 13, 2011.  The State Dinner honored President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea and First Lady Kim Yoon-ok.

There are photos of President Myung-bak’s arrival; a reception in the Yellow Oval Room; greeting guests in the Blue Room; President Obama and President Myung-bak delivering remarks and toasts; and performances by the Ahn trio and Janelle Monáe.
 

1614 assets

  • Photographs

The Executive Office of the President (EOP) instance of the Electronic Records Archive (ERA) contains electronic records created or received by Obama administration staff. These records are stored in Search and Access Sets (SAS) that represent their originating computer program, such as the White House Photo System.

The photographs are a subseries of a larger series, which includes all photographs taken by White House photographers during the Obama administration.  This subseries is arranged chronologically by the photo identifier (P number), which is formatted as PMMDDYYXX-####:

  • P (for Presidential photographs)
  • MMDDYY (Date of image capture)
  • XX (Photographer’s initials)
  • [dash]
  • Frame number

Electronic Records
 

  • 2011 South Korea State Dinner Photos contains 1614 photographs, of which 1611 are released in full and 3 are withheld in full.
     

Collection is open to all researchers. Access to Barack Obama Presidential Records is governed by the Presidential Records Act (PRA) (44 USC 2201) and the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (5 USC 552, as amended) and therefore records may be restricted in whole or in part in accordance with legal exemptions.

Audiovisual materials in this collection that were prepared by officials of the United States government as part of their official duties are in the public domain. Researchers are advised to consult the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, USC) which governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material.

Official records of Barack Obama’s presidency are housed at the Barack Obama Presidential Library and administered by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) under the provisions of the Presidential Records Act (PRA).

Staff Archivists, 2026.