Why Imsil Cheese became famous

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(1)He took the cheese and made David and his people eat it
(2)Of Samuel’s 17:29
(3)It’s written in the Old Testament
(4)The oldest fermented dairy cheese on the planet is
(5)It is one of the most important Westerners’ meals
(6)Cheese, which accounts for 60 percent of the world’s cheese consumption
(7)It’s mostly produced in Europe

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(1)In Korea, too
(2)There is an area that contributes greatly to cheese production
(3)It’s the home of cheese in Korea
(4)Imsil, North Jeolla Province
(5)The case of cheese being settled in this Imsil
(6)It goes back to 1964

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(1)One day in Imsil-gun, a barren mountain town
(2)a foreign priest who appeared
(3)At first, he persuaded the villagers to grow goats and sell them
(4)Add soy sauce yeast to the remaining milk and boil it in a pot
(5)He began to act strangely

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(1)in a rural village
(2)with a strange wind
(3)a foreign bride
(4)Didier Sestevens
(5)At first, I wanted to raise wild goats in Imsil, where there are many grasslands, to create an economic base for farmers

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(1)I was thinking about how to dispose of the leftover goat oil
(2)It reminded me of European home-style cheese
(3)His journey to cheese was not smooth
(4)In fact, he hated cheese since he was young, but he didn’t even know the basic principles of cheese aging

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(1)I heard you’re taking young people to do useless things during the farming season
(2)I had to get a claim from the grown-ups in the neighborhood
(3)However, after going on a cheese tour to Europe, he eventually succeeds in producing cheese with farmers
(4)The first cheese factory in Korea
(5)He started running hot in the Imsil

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(1)At that time, cheese in Korea
(2)Because it was all about illegal distribution in the U.S. military
(3)The title of handmade cheese by domestic farmers
(4)It served as a fresh charm
(5)The chef of the Chosun Hotel also ordered mozzarella cheese from Imsil, Korea’s first Myeongdong pizza restaurant
(6)Even in the lives of Imsil farmers
(7)When the flowers bloom

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(1)Father Ji Jung-hwan is having a hard time
(2)Starting with cheese production
(3)Even the pro-democracy movement
(4)He threw his whole body and was with Korea
(5)Because of an incurable disease called multiple neurosclerosis
(6)All nerves are starting to go numb

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(1)But he didn’t get frustrated
(2)Establish a community rainbow family that helps rehabilitate people with severe disabilities like themselves
(3)Now that I’m disabled
(4)I’m able to join them in their pain and rehabilitation
(5)Even now, in Jeonju
(6)I run the rainbow family
(7)be living with patients

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(1)Year of 2016
(2)The government recognized Father Ji Jung-hwan
(3)I conferred Korean nationality on him Korean nationality
(4)be a product by the sight of
(5)Father Ji, who gave love to Korea more than to Koreans, was finally recognized as a Korean
(6)People tell Father Ji Jung Hwan

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(1)in another’s country where not a drop of blood is mixed
(2)How could you buy it by giving it away forever
(3)The flyer was just with them
(4)I hope we can learn and love each other
(5)It’s something that comes true
(6)Thank you.
(7)Father Ji Jung Hwan

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April 13, 2019, at the age of 88

Thank you

Honored by the Government of the Republic of Korea for the Order of the People’s Order of Moran Order

He was born into a Belgian aristocratic family

He contributed to the cheese industry and social welfare in Korea

Proud Korean priest, Jeong Jihwan. Rest in peace

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