Life In 19x19

This must indicate that the profile of Go is increasing in Romania. One of the candidates for the Presidential election lists it as his favourite game.

https://www.g4media.ro/live-dan-barna-n ... abila.html
You can see at the end:
"Jocul preferat: GO" favourite game: Go
It seems he likes to talk about this recently. I hope he didn't read "The Protracted Game".

Less unexpectedly, presidents of South Korea are sometimes Go players:

Current president Moon Jae-in is a 4 dan, here he is playing Park Junghwan with Seo Beongsu watching.


Former president Roh Moo-hyun (2003-2008) was a 6 dan iirc.

The Romanian candidate has been playing go for more than 20 years:

http://www.europeangodatabase.eu/EGD/Pl ... y=10798260