Together Day; 세계인의 날

[samedi]

Who knew Korea had so many special days crammed into the month of May? Yesterday was perhaps the newest of them all, as Together Day (세계인의 날) was celebrated for the second year running. Despite the cheesy name - which brings to mind images of couples out for a stroll along Cheonggyecheon - the event is actually an effort by the Korean government

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[anonymous]

I attended the BBB International Friends Day at Cheonggyechon a few weeks ago, and it was great to see a lot of immigrants there. There was a cadre of guys handing out Turkish flags, and diplomats from African countries and some women with their heads covered, etc. There weren't that many Caucasians really! Also, at the modern art museum last month there was a special exhibit dedicated to multi-culturalism in Korea and the focus was on how these other cultures enriched Korea

[samedi]

I received an invitation to attend the BBB International Friends Day but read it at night and subsequently forgot about it the next morning. Did you walk along the entire stream? Interesting to hear that there weren't many Caucasian in attendance at the event. I wonder how much of it has to do with individual-based cultures versus community-based cultures.

There were 70,000 new arrivals in Korea during 2007? Makes me wonder how the figures will look over the next ten years. When it comes to English teachers, males tend to make up a much larger slice of the internet community through blogs and forum posts -- at least, from what I've seen. Still, I wonder if there will soon be a time when international brides come to outnumber them.

[anonymous]

oh yeah - forgot to mention this:

Arirang t.v. has a whole documentary series on foreigners' contribution to Korean society called "Hand to Hand."

http://www.arirang.co.kr/Tv2/Tv_PlusHomepage_Intro.asp?PROG_CODE=TVCR0215&MENU_CODE=100396&sys_lang=Eng

It's really very interesting. I rarely check into Arirang now that I'm actually living here, but I should more - it also has a lot of Korea promotional documentary type films about traditional Korean culture. Many of the above episodes can be seen streaming on the internet.

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