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 Cine-Cafe: December Screening Schedule
 
The EKF Ciné-Café morning screenings are usually held on every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the months at the French Cultural Center, near Namdaemun, and the evening screenings are being held on every 3rd Thursday of the month at Somerset Palace Seoul, in Gwanghwamun. The entrance fee, as always, is 10,000 KRW per person and includes snacks and beverages (tea, coffee, and juice). In December, however, due to the special holiday season coming up, our schedule has changed slighly and there will only be one movie shown this month – once in the morning and once in the evening.
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 Wine & Women Korea: November Wine Focus - Wine & Food Pairing
 
The November Wine Focus on Wine & Food Pairing took place at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Seoul on November 21, 2006. The guest speaker of November¡¯s event was Mr. Christian Sigouin, Wine Connesouir and Wine Consultant. Mr. Sigouin first gave a brief introduction into the topic Wine & Food Pairing and explained the indicators that can help determine optimal wine and food pairings. Thereafter, Mr. Sigouin presented the six different wines selected for the evening and sponsored by Pieroth Wines Korea. Six special sauces, especially prepared for this event by Spire Group, were available on each table for the guests to taste together with the wines in order to find out to what extend the food chosen can have an impact on the taste of the wine.
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 Cine-Cafe: December Movie Screening with KBS
 
On Wednesday, November 22, 2006, EKF organized a special screening with KBS for our November Cine-Cafe. The KBS made-for-TV movie, ¡°Becoming a Popular Song,¡± which won a prestigious award during the 11th Shanghai Television Festival in 2005, was screened and we were able to welcome senior KBS producer and former president of the KBS Producer¡¯s Association Mr. Lee Kang-Hyun.
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 Beautiful Saturday event with EUCCK Member Companies!
 
On Saturday, November 04, 2006, ten member companies of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK/ President: Mr. Carl-Johan Hagmann) held a charity bazaar, ¡°Beautiful Saturday,¡± to raise funds for migrant workers and their families in Korea. The event took place in front of Jongno Tower in Jongno 2 Ga. The event, which was organized by the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF/ Presidents: Mr. Jean-Jacques GRAUHAR and Mr. Dong Hoon JEE) and the Beautiful Store, was joined by 10 EUCCK member companies, namely Adecco Korea, Agfa Korea, British American Tobacco Korea, Cognis Korea, Grundfos Pumps Korea, Hewitt Associates, Novotel Ambassador Gangnam Seoul, Philip Morris Korea Inc., Syngenta Korea, and the local Yoga Center, Beauty Yoga. It was aimed to raise funds for migrant workers in need of support.
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 EUCCK November Network Club - Festa Italiana
 
The Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) and the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK) organizes each month a social function called "EUCCK Network Club" for EUCCK members and friends to meet in a casual setting. On November 9, 2006, EUCCK and EKF, in collaboration with the Italian Embassy, the Italian Cultural Institute and the Italian-Korean Business Association (IKBA) presented - "Festa Italiana," a celebration of Italian culture at the Millennium Hilton Hotel.
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 Cine-Cafe: November Screening Schedule
 
Cine-Cafe: November Schedule ¡°Spring Summer Fall Winter¡¦ And Spring¡± (Bomnyeoreumgaeulgyeoul Geurigo Bom, 2003‍) By Kim, Gideok Running Time: 105 min. "Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring" uses the seasons as the curtains that rise to mark the stages in the life of a child who has grown up in an isolated Buddhist temple. In the Spring, Child Monk indulges in the capricious cruelties of childhood, for which he is reprimanded by Old Monk, who reminds him that only bad karma can result from such behavior. The seasonal door, this time Summer, opens on an infatuated youth of 17, who decides to leave the monastery to be with the one he loves. When Fall comes around, Child Monk, now a 30-year old Young Adult Monk, returns to the temple, racked with guilt over a violent crime he has committed. Eventually, he is taken back to face up to what he has done. After his student's departure this time, Old Monk prepares for his approaching death. Winter has come when, now a middle-aged adult, the former Child Monk returns to find inner peace and to work on developing mental and physical discipline. One day, a woman arrives to leave a baby at the temple, and the cycle of student/teacher searching for spiritual enlightenment begins anew.
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 Wine & Women Korea - September Wine Focus
 
Introducing Wines from Languedoc and Bordeaux

The September Wine Focus on Wine & Tourism in France took place on Tuesday, September 26, 2006. Mrs. Catherine Germier-Hamel, Co-President of Wine & Women Korea, presented two of the famous French Wine regions - Languedoc and Bordeaux. Wine sponsoring for this event was two-fold: on the one hand Korean wine importing companies, including Global Liquor Trading, Nara Food, and Dongwon Wine Plus, sponsored wines from these regions, which are already available in the Korean market. The remaining wines were given to WWK directly by the French wine makers during a trip through France in August. Hence this was a unique opportunity to taste some exceptional wines that are not yet available in Korea. It is the hope of WWK that through this event, some of these wines will find a Korean importer soon.

The event as well as the lucky draw prizes were sponsored by the Grand Hyatt Hotel Seoul, Jubilee Chocolatier, Byclick Inc., Expat Advisory Service, Sortino's, Au Bon Pain, Rene Furterer, Headrush, and Spire Group. Moreover, Headrush and Onparty.com provided the styling and outfit of the guest speaker and the moderator.
In October, WWK will present the sequal to the September Wine Focus, indroducing more wines from many different French wine regions that are not yet available in Korea. So do not miss your chance to be among the first to taste these wines in Korea.
 
 October Cine-Cafe
 
Cine Cafe: October Schedule Korean Movie Screenings with English Subtitles "La Vie En Rose¡± (Jangmibit Insaeng, 1994) By Kim, Hong-Jun Running Time: 94 min. Don¡¯t let the title fool you. This movie has nothing to do with Edith Piaf¡¯s song of the same name, other than that Piaf herself was a product of the poor side of the French track. Set in the mid 1980s in Korea, a chaotic time of daily demonstrations by democracy advocates, the film offers an interesting glimpse into the lives of people living in the Garibong area of Seoul. Much of the action is centered in an Eomji (comic book store) where patrons can also watch pornographic movies. The characters include Dong-pal, a trouble-making hoodlum, Gi-yeong, a labor activist on the lam, Yu-jin, a writer with a secret, and the attractive Madame, who owns the store but yearns for a different life in another place.
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 September Cine-Cafe
 
September Cine-Cafe Schedule ¡°King and the Clown¡± (Wangui Namja, 2005) By Lee, Jun Ik Running Time: 119 min. The film focuses on a pair of clowns, Konggil and Jangseung, who perform comic plays, songs, and acrobatic tricks for aristocrats or commoners during the Joseon Dynasty. In contrast to his later relationship with the insane King Yonsan, romantic feelings between Konggil and Jangseung are strongly implied, but never stated explicitly in the film. After the two arrive in Hanyang (now Seoul), the entrepreneurial Jangseung hits upon the idea of performing a skit that satirizes the king and his famous concubine Noksu. The somewhat lewd and hilarious parody brings them quick fame and piles of cash, but before long it lands them in chains at the feet of the king himself.
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 2nd Beautiful Saturday with EUCCK Members in Seoul
 
Following last September¡¯s and January¡¯s successes of the Beautiful Saturdays in Seoul (September 10, 2005) and Jeonju (January 14, 2006), EKF together with the Beautiful Store (www.beautifulstore.org) is organising another Beautiful Saturday Event with EUCCK Members in Seoul. This year the event should take place on November 4, 2006. The location and order of events will be fixed as soon as we know the number of participating companies.
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 Donation of used Equipment, Appliances and much more¡¦
 
In May EKF made an announcement to all EUCCK member companies asking them for used office equipment (computer, fax machines, telephones, etc.), appliances (i.e. air conditioners, heaters, stoves, microwaves) and other useful items to be donated to the South Korean charity organizations EKF supports, namely SOS Children¡¯s Villages, Aeranwon, Motungii Shwimpteo and Seongshim Dideumdol. Many companies and individuals replied and donated great items, including TV sets, computers, printers, dining sets, telephones, scanners, cabinets, microwaves, etc. The items have been distributed to the organizations above according to their needs.
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 New Flooring for Aeranwon
 
EKF would like to use the amount raised through its WWK wine events to support Aeranwon. The first project that EKF would like to work on with Aeranwon in this regard is the installation of new flooring at their facility, using flooring material donated to EKF by the Swedish company Pergo Korea Ltd. in connection with the Share the Love Campaign 2005.
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 DiGiorgio Family Wines Wine Dinner
 
The first ever wine dinner organized by Wine & Women Korea took place at La Cigale (French Restaurant in Itaewon) on July 25, 2006. The event was organised in co-operation with the Australian wine maker DiGiorgio Family Wines, who provided the wine wines though their Korean importer, Sunbo Liquor Trading, and La Cigale, a French restaurant located in Itaewon.
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 EKF Ciné-Café meets Screenplay Writer Kyon Tae Kim
 
On Thursday, July 20, 2006, EKF organized another special screening with KBS. The movie presented was the KBS made-for-TV movie, ¡°Dad Give us Money,¡± which is set in today¡¯s Korea and focuses on the trials and tribulations of ordinary people following the burst of the credit card bubble. Hosted by KBS and EKF, the screening of ¡°Dad Give us Money¡± was held at the Somerset Palace in Gwanghwamun. The event started at 6:30 PM and more than 40 people, mainly foreign expatriates, attended. The highlight of the evening was that the screenplay writer, Mr. Kyon Tae Kim, was able to attend the screening. After the movie, he answered questions from the audience about his drama as well as Korean society and other current hot issues of Korea¡¯s film industry.
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 EKF Scholarship Award Ceremony 2006
 
In keeping with its objective of promoting greater friendship and understanding between Korea and the EU, the Europe-Korea Foundation hosted an award ceremony for the ¡°2006 EKF Scholarship Programme¡± on Friday, July 14, 2006.
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 Donation to Motungii Shwimpteo and Seongshim Dideumdol
 
On July 7, 2006, representatives of EKF donated 2,500,000 Won to Motungii Shwimpteo and Seongshim Dideumdol, two related organisations that help teenage girls who can no longer live with their families. The money had been raised through EKF Ciné-Café activities since September 2005 and the HA!Man show, which took place on April 8, 2006.
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 July Wine Foucus - Blind Wine Tasting
 
During July¡¯s wine focus it was up to our guests to test their knowledge and expertise about wine. As this was the last wine focus before the summer break, Wine & Women Korea decided to engage its loyal members and participants in a blind wine tasting.
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 Cine-Cafe Summer Screening Schedule
 
¡°Dad Give Us Money¡± is set in today¡¯s Korea and focuses on the trials and tribulations of ordinary people following the burst of the credit card bubble. A whole new industry of debt collection has sprung up in recent years and, as we follow the experiences of a recently hired collector, we discover the lives of the people the agency is pursuing. One of these is a former ¡®salary man¡¯ who epitomises the stresses placed on Korean fathers. In desperation, Bongsoon becomes a contestant on a quiz show. This is a KBS, made-for-TV movie that is a must-see for anyone interested in trying to understand the psyche of some Korean fathers.
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 Dynamic Korea Contest 2006 - Co-organised by EKF
 
For the second year in a row, the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) is joining hands with the Korea Overseas Information Service (KOIS) in organizing a contest for all students currently attending international schools in Korea. The purpose of this contest is to learn about how international students feel about Dynamic Korea and also to bring Korea and Korean culture closer to those young foreigners who view Korea has their host country.
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 TCC Plush Toy Donation to South Korean Orphanages
 
The Continuity Company (TCC), the world¡¯s largest provider of retail marketing programmes and member of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in Korea (EUCCK), in cooperation with the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) has donated plush toys, i.e. stuffed animals (The Dog), to six South Korean orphanages in Seoul, Suncheon, Daejeon, and Yangju.
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 Kyobo Life Insurance donates books to the SOS Children¡¯s Village
 
Seoul, Korea, June 19, 2006 – Kyobo Life Insurance donated books to the SOS Children¡¯s Village, Seoul. The books are a great addition to the SOS¡¯s library and will provide the children with further sources to gain knowledge and entertainment. The donation was made through the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) on Friday, June 16, 2006.
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 Interview with New EKF Annual Sponsor
 
New EKF Annual Sponsor The Europe-Korea Foundation would like to welcome Mr. Holger Hirle, General Manager of the Imperial Palace Hotel (former Amiga Hotel) as a new Annual Sponsor of EKF. In a recent candid interview conducted by D¡¯Andre Ma of EKF with Mr. Hirle, we were given some insights into his reasons for joining EKF and the hotel¡¯s current CSR activities. (Ma) What made you decide to join EKF as an annual sponsor? (Hirle) Joining EKF was a two-fold initiative. First, it is our goal to strengthen the relationship between EUCCK/EKF and Imperial Palace. Secondly, Imperial Palace Hotel wanted to make a contribution to a good cause.
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 Cine-Cafe June Screening
 

"Blue Swallow" (Cheongyeon, 2005) By Yun, Jong-Chan

Running Time:  133 min. (The Movie will start 15 min. earlier due to the length of the movie.) 

When: June 14, 2006 @ 9:30 AM

Where: Raemian Gallery (Anguk Dong)

Blue Swallow presents the life of Park Kyong-won. Born to a poor family in Daegu in 1901, Park had always been fascinate with the idea of flying. She also believed that becoming a pilot was her ticket out of poverty and so, at age 16, she set off for Japan to enrol in pilot school. To achieve her dream, she spent her days studying and her nights working as a mechanic and taxi driver to earn her tuition money. This is how she meets Ji-hyuk, who ends up serving in the Japanese army. In 1930, Park was the only female among the 13 qualified pilots in Japan and the first female pilot in South Korean history.  However, Park¡¯s dreams were short-lived. Suspected of taking part in Resistance activities, she is jailed and tortured, as is Ji-hyuk, who confesses in order to save her. In August 1933, Park decides to fly back to Korea in her plane, the Chongyon, taking his ashes with her. But the 32-year never made it back. An hour after takeoff, her plane went down. The cause of the accident was never found.  Because there is so little information about her in the record books, the movie has added fictional characters and narratives to tell the story of Park's career and love life.

All the aerial shots, which take up about 30 minutes of the film, were completed under the direction of aerial coordinator Kevin La Rosa, who worked ¡°The Fugitive" and "Independence Day." Blue Swallow was filmed in Japan, China and South Korea.

"Teacher Kim Bong-Du" (Seonsaeng Kim Bong-Du, 2003) By Jang, Kyu-Seong

Running Time: 117 min.

When: June 28, 2006 @ 9:30 AM

Where: Raemian Gallery (Anguk Dong)

When: June 15, 2006 @ 6:30 PM

Where Somerset Palace Seoul

Teacher Kim Bong Du (Seonsaeng Gimbongdu) (2002) is a tongue-in-cheek look at elements of the Korean school system. Kim Bongdu is not the ideal elementary school teacher. He is lazy and interested only in the bribes he collects from his students¡¯ parents. Following a complaint from a parent, he is banished to a country school. The punishment is not so much for having taken bribes, as for the uproar the parents caused. There are only five students in his new school, but when he tries to implement the ¡®gift¡¯ system, he receives vegetables, kimchi and fruit rather than money. However, teacher Kim is not all bad as we learn from his contacts with his father and eventually with his students and people in the village. This is a more contemporary look at life in small rural communities.

 

 
 Wine & Women Korea - June Wine Focus: Wine & Health
 
In a world where fast food, junk food and fatty foods are of higher consumption than foods that are good for the body, healthy eating and drinking has been a growing concern for most Korean¡¯s and foreigners alike. Hence, it was a priority for Wine & Women Korea to hold a wine focus on this topic. So for the June Wine Focus, held on Monday, June 5th, 2006 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, we did just that!
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 Cine-Café with KBS
 
On Wednesday, May 24, 2006, EKF organized a special screening with KBS for our May Cine-Cafe. The KBS made-for-TV movie, ¡°Destiny¡¯s Curse¡± based on the novel by Kim Dong-Ri, received favorable reception by Europeans. This remarkable event may possibly be an indicator that Korean dramas are popular not only in Asia but also in Europe. Hosted by KBS and EKF, screening of ¡°Destiny¡¯s Curse¡± was held at the Raemian Gallery in Anguk-dong at 10:00 AM. More than 30 Europeans currently residing in Korea attended the screening. The producer of the movie, Mr. Young-guk Lee from KBS also attended to present and discuss his drama.
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 2006 Information Fair
 
The 2006 Information Fair, organized by the Seoul Help Center for Foreigners (SHC), was held on Saturday, May 6, 2006 around City Hall. The fair, which is open to foreigners residing in Seoul and local people, was especially immense as it coincided with the Hi Seoul Festival. Although the weather on May 6th was less than cooperative, the event was nonetheless filled with excitement. The event was an outdoor orientation mostly for newly arrived foreign families, but open to all foreign and local people this year. Many foreign and local organizations were involved in setting up booths to provide information and services to foreigners and to ensure more interaction between them both.
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 Wine & Women Korea - Wine Focus: Buying and Choosing Wine
 
The May Wine & Women Korea Wine Focus event on May 10th, 2006 was focusing on Buying & Choosing Wine - A first crucial step in wine enjoyement. Held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Namsan Room, Ms. Shana Kim and Thibault Souchon from the Vine Bar & Restaurant gave a presentation on how to read wine labels and purchasing wines in retail outlets.
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 Childrens Quiz with Dong-A Daily
 
The Europe-Korea Foundation, in co-operation with Dong-A Daily, has joined hands again organizing the Third Annual Children's Quiz in celebration of Children's Day on May 4, 2006. This year's quiz was published during the first week of May, which is traditionally dedicated to South Korea's Children. The quiz focused on this year's World Cup where children had to find 5 differences in the two nearly identical pictures related to Korea's soccer fever. Winners will be chosen through a lucky draw by the end of May/early June.
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 2006 EU FIlm Festival
 
On behalf of the fourteen participating Embassies of the European Union represented in Seoul, the French Embassy in cooperation of the Europe-Korea Foundation are proud to announce the Second Annual Seoul EU Film Festival 2006 taking place at the Artreon Theatre in Sinchon from May 11 ~ May 17, 2006.
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 Cine-Cafe - May Schedule
 

The Ciné-Cafés take place on every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Samsung Raemian Cultural Center in Anguk Dong. After the movie, everyone is invited to join us for lunch at a restaurant in the area. The entrance fee is 10,000 KRW per person and includes snacks and beverages. Please note that lunch is not included.

 

The evening screenings are held at the Somerset Palace Seoul from 6:30 p.m. Please note that those wishing to attend the evening screening must reserve in advance. The evening screenings will start at either 6.45 PM or 7.00 PM depending on the movie¡¯s running time. The audience gets to choose which movie will be shown at the following evening screening. The choices are the movies from the following month¡¯s morning showings. The funds raised through the Ciné-Cafés will go to Motungii Shwimpteo, a shelter for young women in Bucheon.

 

For reservations for the evening screenings, please either contact the EKF office (725-0381) or e-mail anne.ladouceur@gmail.com by Wednesday noon before the screening.

 

¡°Welcome to Dongmakgol¡± (Welkeom tu Dongmakgol, 2005)

By Park, Kwang-Hyeon

 

Running Time:  133 min. (The Movie will start 15 min. earlier due to the length of the movie)

Welcome to Dongmakgol provides a totally different view of the June 25 War (the Korean name for the Korean War) as compared to other recent Korean films about that period. Dongmakgol is a very isolated and tiny mountain village deep inside the Taebaek Mountains of Gangwon Province in South Korea, which is why news of the war has not yet reached the peaceful hamlet. The movie begins with the arrival of a wounded U.S. Navy pilot, whose plane has crashed in the nearby hills. Eventually North Korean soldiers, accidentally separated from their unit, as well as South Korean army deserters also find their way to the village. To the villagers, who have never seen a military helmet or a gun, their visitors are people ¡®wearing a round gourd and holding long sticks, looking very irritated¡± – an amusing prologue to a film that portrays the tragedy and absurdity of war. Welcome to Dongmakgol, a collaboration between Korean cinematographers and a Japanese composer (soundtrack), is a mix of humour, action and ¡®deeply touching moments¡¯.

 

¡°Destiny¡¯s Curse¡± (Yeokma, 2005) by Lee, Young-Kook

 

Running Time:  100 min.

Destiny¡¯s Curse is a made-for-TV (KBS) movie and is based on a novel by Kim Dong-ri, one of Korea¡¯s best-known authors. The story revolves around the lives of a mother who attempts to thwart the destiny that has been foretold for her son.  The mother is the product of a brief encounter between an un-married village woman and a travelling musician. The woman spent her entire life waiting for her daughter¡¯s father to return but dies without ever seeing him again. Her grandson, is the result of a short-term liaison between her daughter and a travelling monk. Having learned from a fortune-teller that her son would follow his father and grand-father¡¯s travelling lifestyle, the boy¡¯s mother places him in the care of monks when he is 10 years old. Flashbacks give us a glimpse of the past, but the story focuses on what happens when the boy, Seonggi, becomes a young man. The setting of the movie is a village in an era that has long past and provides another view of life in rural Korea among the peasant class.

 

 

 
 Wine & Women Korea - Wine Focus: Introduction to Wine and Aroma Tasting
 
Wine & Women Korea is now in full swing with its first monthly gathering, Wine Focus, held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Wednesday, April 12, 2006. Sponsored by Pieroth Korea, Sortino¡¯s Italian Restaurant, La Petite France and Rene Furterer Paris, the event was fun and entertaining.
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 Wine & Women Korea - "Wine Around the World" Inauguration Reception
 
On March 8, 2006, the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) celebrated the successful inauguration of Wine & Women Korea(WWK), a new wine club in Seoul. The inauguration reception held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel was attended by over 300 guests including ambassadors from many countries.
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 EKF April Cine-Cafe
 
The Ciné-Cafés take place on every second and fourth Wednesday of the month at Samsung Raemian Cultural Center in Anguk Dong. After the movie, everyone is invited to join us for lunch at a restaurant in the area. The entrance fee, as always, is 10,000 KRW per person and includes snacks and beverages (tea, coffee, and juice). Please note that lunch is not included.
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 * Movie Director Jeong Jae-Eun visited Ciné-Café on International Women¡¯s Day
 

On International Women¡¯s Day, March 8, 2006, EKF showed the movie ¡°Take Care of My Cat¡±, which was written and directed by one of the few female Korean movie directors, Ms. Jeong Jae Eun. To celebrate this special day, EKF invited Ms. Jeong, who was happy to meet the audience and answer questions about the movie itself and about her role as a female director in the Korean film industry. Ms. Jeong was very open about the difficulties that she sometimes faces as a woman in her line of business, pointing out that many important decisions are still not made during meetings in an office setting, but rather in saunas and other establishments not accessible to female business counterparts. According to Ms. Jeong, this does affect her work at times. On the other hand, she pointed out that the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) has been very active in promoting Korea¡¯s film industry for the past eight years, which has led to a strong support for new and talented male and female movie directors and of which she was able to benefit as well.

Ms. Jeong¡¯s account was met with a lot of interest from the audience and many of the visitors joined EKF for a luncheon at Min¡¯s Club in Insadong, where the Q&A session was continued.

 

During lunch, Ms. Jeong also presented her newest movie, for which she is still in the process of writing the screen play. Her next movie, which can be filed under the horror movie genre, will be the portrait of a man in his 40ies who falters under the pressure of his family and society.

 

¡°Born in 1969, Jeong Jae-Eun studied film at Korean National University of Arts. Her short works include Coming of Age Ceremony, After School, Yujin's Secret Codes and Girl's Night-Out. With Yujin's Secret Codes, she won the Grand Prize at the Women's Film Festival in Seoul in 1999. Take Care of My Cat is her feature debut. At the 6th edition of the Pusan International Film Festival held in November 2001, both Rotterdam and Berlin conveyed their intention to grant the film an invitation, and after much deliberation it was decided to accept a competition slot from the Rotterdam festival. However the Berlin International Film Festival, which in general subscribes to a policy of only inviting European premieres, decided to break with custom and extend the film an invitation where it was screened in the International Forum of New Cinema. Take Care of My Cat has received the NETPAC award at the Pusan International Film Festival and a Special Mention from the KNF Dutch Film Critics Circle Award.¡± (Information taken from FilmFestivals.com: http://www.filmfestivals.com/cgi-bin/fest_content/festivals.pl?ebug=&channelbar=&fest=creteil&partner=&page=films&year=2002&lang=en&film_id=4720).   

In the future, EKF will try to organise more opportunities, where the audience can meet the directors of the movies presented.

 

 

 
 The Ha!Man Show
 
Following last year¡¯s successful charity concert, organized in cooperation with EKF, the ¡°HA!Man Show¡± – performed by the South African cellist Francois Le Roux made a stunning come back to Seoul for an encore performance. The event took place at Arvorig Restaurant in Itaewon, on Saturday, April 8, 2006. The event featured a special South African Buffet and South African wines which were kindly sponsored by the South African Embassy, followed by an exciting 2 hour performance. The event drew a capacity crowed including many children who were endlessly enchanted by the spontaneous performance of Francois Le Roux.
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 Join a New Club: Wine & Women Korea
 
Are you interested in wine and wine culture(s) and have a desire to share your passion about wine with other women? Or would you like to approach wine as a lifestyle and from a feminine perspective? Then we have just the club for you – Wine & Women Korea.
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 EKF Cine-Cafe in 2006
 
The EKF Cine-Cafe screenings will continue in 2006. EKF does three showings a month, two in the morning at the Samsung Raemian Center and one in the evening at the Somerset Palace Seoul.
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 Beautiful Saturday with EUCCK Members in JeonJu, North Jeolla Province
 
On Saturday, January 14, 2006 Carrefour Jeonju, Syngenta Korea and FAG Bearings joined hands with the Beautiful Store and the Europe-Korea Foundation (EKF) to organise and hold the most recent Beautiful Saturday event in Jeonju City, North Jeolla Province. This event followed a similar event organized by the Beautiful Store and the Europe-Korea Foundation in early September last year in Seoul. The event was held on the plaza in front of Carrefour Jeonju.
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