France

Cine France in August

The French Cultural Center in Seoul is showing French movies under the theme of “Paris, where movies start” at Art Sonje in Jongno.
The movies with Korean subtitles are screening every Tuesday at 8:20 p.m. until the end of August.

This week’s movie is “Le Feu Follet (The Fire Within, 1963),” directed by Louis Malle, starring Maurice Ronet as Alain Leroy and Lena Skerla as Lydia.

In August, it will screen “Les Chansons d’Amour (Love Songs),” “Zazie dans le Metro (Zazie in the Metro),” “La Maison sous les Arbres (The Deadly Trap)” and “Une Vie de Chat (A Cat in Paris).”

The admission fee is 7,000 won for the members of the French Cultural Center and 8,000 won for others.
For more information, call at 02-730-3200 or visit the Cine France website (http://www.france.or.kr/cine_france/index.html).

Czech Republic



Hyundai Pavilion: Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olsa, jr. poses beside a robot exhibited at the Hyundai pavilian at the Yeosu Expo, July 16. Hyundai Motor is the biggest investor in the Czech Republic.



India




Indian trainees’ tour: Muanpuii Saiawi, right, second secretary at the Embassy of India, poses with 10 Indian foreign service trainees in Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul on July 23. On the one-week tour of Korea, they visited the Demilitarized Zone, southern industrial city of Ulsan and other destinations. They are going back to India today.



Paraguay




For single moms: Paraguayan Ambassador Ceferino Adrian Valdez Peralta poses for a photo with a shirt he wove for non-profit organization Sarang Bat committed to improving rights of single mothers, Thursday, at the embassy in Seoul. He was appointed as an honorary ambassador by the organization. The shirt-making was part of Sarang Bat’s promotional activities.



Nepal




Invest in Nepal: Raja Ram Bartaula, counselor at the Embassy of Nepal in Korea, speaks during an investment seminar held at J’s Hotel in Daegu on July 10. The seminar was organized by the Daegu Chamber of Commerce and Industries.