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South Korea Embassy in Beirut organizes three musical concerts marking Korea Week, Ambassador Park affirms his Country’s stand by Lebanon

NNA - On the occasion of the Korean Week and in their endeavor to bring love and peace and bring together people of different cultures through art and music, Beautiful Mind Charity musicians visited Lebanon and held three outstandingly successful musical concerts on 28-29 of June demonstrating their belief that the world can unite through artistic activities.

On June 29th the Embassy of Korea in Lebanon organized the concert at the Saint Joseph University-Pierre Y. Aboukhater Amphitheater. Beautiful Mind performed in the presence of Ambassador IL Park, the Minister of Culture and the Minister of Energy in the caretaker government, respectively Mohamad Mortada and Walid Fayyad, Chief of Protocol Counselor Abir Ali, representing Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdallah Bou Habib, Parliamentary member Hagop Pakradounian, Maj Gen Pierre Saab, representing Commander in Chief of the Lebanese Army Maj Gen Joseph Aoun, Col Imad Dimashkiye, representing Director General of General Security Maj Gen Abbas Ibrahim, Col Fares Kordahi, representing Director General of Internal Security Forces Maj Gen Imad Osman, Maj Daniel Al Sayyid, representing Director General of State Security Maj Gen Tony Saliba, Korean Battalion Commander and representatives, Ambassadors, Embassies and International Organizations representatives as well as hundreds of Lebanese people and Korean Community in Lebanon.

In his address, Ambassador Park emphasized what for him a "Beautiful Mind" means. For him, it's the mind that does not let one's problems bring him down, a mind that fights a good fight. He gave an example of the Lebanese "Mayyas dance team" which got the golden buzzer in the America got Talent show last week.  
Korean Ambassador expressed his sympathy to what Lebanon is going through but assured that with the perseverance and strong will of the Lebanese, Lebanon will rise again, quoting Gebrane Khalil Gebrane "in every winter's heart there's a quivering spring and behind veil of each night there's a shining dawn".
Korea has and will always be by your side, Ambassador Park concluded.

On June 28th, Beautiful Mind Group performed in cooperation of the Municipality of Zahleh, Maalaka and Taanayel at the Municipal Palace, in presence of Ambassador Park, Mayor Assaad Zogheib, members of the Municipality, Archbishop Joseph Moawad, Archmandrite Georges Al Maalouf representing Archbishop Antonios Al Souri, Deputy Selim Aoun, Korean Community living in Zahleh and hundreds of invitees.

A private concert of Beautiful Mind was also held at Sesobel, where hundreds of children cheered for the artists and sang along in a wonderful atmosphere.-- South Korea Embassy in Lebanon

 

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