Students from Little Neck, Douglaston and Flushing performed the Korean and American national anthems for a rather lofty audience Tuesday night: South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.

Myung-bak was in town accepting The Appeal of Conscience Foundation’s World Statesman Award at the Waldorf Astoria, an honor conferred for Myung-bak's "leadership in furthering democracy, freedom, peace and human rights."

The thirty students are members of the TKC Choir, and range in age from second to seventh grade.