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2009
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Czech-Korean Days in Ostrava, co-host, November 20 – 21, 2009, Ostrava Civic Centre.
The festival was co-hosted by the Czech-Korean Society and Ostrava Civic Center. The aim was to present Korean culture to the Ostravian public and to enhance relationship between Czechs and Koreans living in Moravian-Silesian Region. (A rather large Korean community lives in the region due to the recently built Hyundai car manufacturing plant). The event was warmly welcomed by Ostravian public and organizers assume that over 1200 visitors took part in the various activities.
Core part of the festival was a concert of classical music, where pieces by Korean composer Jun Hee Lim; W.A. Mozart and A. Dvořák were played by Janacek Philharmony Ostrava together with an outstanding Korean pianist, Jung Jae Moon. The orchestra was conducted by a Korean conductor Young Chil Lee.
An exhibition of Korean folk paintings and prints called minhwa, borrowed from the Gahoe Museum of Minhwa in Seoul, together with Korean traditional dress hanbok were exhibited in the lobby. During the first day of the festival, Korean Art workshops (especially handcraft) and Taekwondo workshop took place, and proved to be very popular among Ostravian youths. These were coupled with a culinary section with a Kimchi workshop and a traditional Korean tearoom.
See more pictures from the event on Ostrava Civic Centre web.
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Days of Seoul, co-host, August 15 – 18, 2009, Prague.
Presentation of Korean traditional and modern music and dance on galaconcert in Obecní dům, film screenings, taekwondo presentations as well as exhibition promoting Korean manhwa and animation were part of this unique programme.
Cajomir festival was inspired by the traditional South Korean Gaya Culture Festival that takes place annualy in Gimhae-si, and organized by a couple of Czechs who recently became the first Europeans that were ever granted membership in the World Tea Union. It was the first opportunity for the Czech public to get acquainted with the Korean way of making tea.
Tea making, Korean style
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Impressions from North Korea after 20 years, December 15, 2009
Lecture by professor Vladimir Pucek, comparing his experiences in DPRK from the 1970s and 80s to his recent visit in 2009, when he negotiated about university student exchange programs between the Charles university and Pyongyang Foreign Languages university.
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Publication of the ‘Bulletin of Czech-korean Society’
Double issue for the years 2007-2008, download here (pdf 8MB, all articles bilingual in Czech and Korean)
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Spring and Fall Student Meetings
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Czech-Korean Evening
