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• Europen Union

Europe Day:

European Union Ambassador Brian McDonald delivers a speech during the Europe Day reception at Lotte Hotel in central Seoul, Friday.

/ Korea Times Photo by Kim Se-jeong

• Sweden

Red Cross award to Swedish ambassador:

Lee Se-ung, left, president of the Korean Red Cross (KRC), poses with Swedish Ambassador Lars Vargo, recipient of the Red Cross Grand Taegug Award, at the KRC center in Namsan-dong, Seoul, Thursday. The award was conferred in recognition of his contributions to the work of the Red Cross across the world on the occasion of the birthday of Jean Henri Dunant, founder of the International Committee of the Red Cross.

/ Courtesy of Korean Red Cross

• Tunisia

Tunisian professor in Korea:

Tunisian scholar M'Hamed Fantar, fourth from left, a specialist on civilization, poses with guests during the welcoming reception held at the residence of Tunisian Ambassador Mustapha Khammari, third from left, in Seoul Wednesday. From left, Park Moo-jong, president-publisher of The Korea Times; Kim Seung-eui, executive vice president of the Korea Foundation; Khammari; Fantar; Limb Thok-kyu, chairman of the Diplomacy magazine; Choi Young-kil, professor at Myongji University; Lee Gui-won, director of the Korea Research Institute for Library and Information at the National Library of Korea; and Chang Byung-ok, professor at the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

/ Korea Times

• Bangladesh

Conference on Trade and Investment

The Bangladeshi Embassy in Korea, in conjunction with the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI), invites Korean businesses that have an interest in investment and trade in Bangladesh to a conference.

A Bangladeshi investment promotion delegation will attend the conference.

The delegation, consisting of Brig. Gen. Jamil Ahmed Khan, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA), former Chairman Brig. Gen. Ashraf Abdullah Yussuf of BEPZA, is going to explain the business environment and regulations in Bangladesh.

The conference will take place at KCCI in Seoul Wednesday and at the Korea Federation of Textile Industries, Friday.

Bangladeshi Ambassador Shahidul Islam will also attend.

The event will begin at 10 a.m. For more information, call the embassy (02) 6050-3910

• Japan

Photo Exhibition

The Japanese Cultural and Information Center will present works of a Japanese photographer Nakahodo Choji from May 13 through 16 at the Silk Gallery in the center.

Themed "Therapy," the exhibition will feature 40 works by Choji.

Admission is free. For more information, visit the web site: https://www.kr.emb-japan.go.jp/event/event-20080507-1.htm