A poster for the special photo exhibition celebrating the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Oct. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire, will hold a special photo exhibition in Seoul on Friday to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-United States alliance this year.
The exhibition will kick off later in the day at the Sejong Museum of Art inside the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in central Gwanghwamun, running through Oct. 23.
Under the theme of “Together: 70 Years and Beyond,” the exhibition will feature some 150 photos, visual materials and commemorative items encompassing military, economic cooperation and cultural and sports exchanges that illustrate the decadeslong history of the alliance.
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon and Veterans Minister Park Min-shik will attend the opening ceremony, slated for 3 p.m., as well as other government officials, including First Vice Foreign Minister Chang Ho-jin and Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul.
Acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Joy Sakurai will be attending the exhibition, along with 50 other dignitaries from both countries.
Yonhap News will also publish a white paper on the development of bilateral relations to mark the alliance anniversary.
The white paper contains facts and information on the two countries’ alliance over the past seven decades, and seeks to present a vision for its future.
The white paper, consisting of seven chapters, comes with 228 photos on the development of bilateral relations from Yonhap, the National Archives of Korea and the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration.
The U.S. Embassy in Seoul participated in the publication as a content production partner.
The South Korea-U.S. alliance, formally established in 1953 as a military alliance under the Mutual Defense Treaty, has developed and expanded into economic cooperation and exchanges in various areas including culture and sports.
(Yonhap)
