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• New Zealand

New Zealand Prime Minister:

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clar, right, speaks with the Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon at her welcoming reception held at the residence of New Zealand Ambassador to Korea Jane Coombs, center, Thursday.

/ Korea Times Photo by Shim Hyun-chul

• Norway

Norwegian book agents:

Norwegian Ambassador Didrik Tonseth, right, talks with Anders Heger, second from left, president of Cappelendamm Publishing, at a reception held for a Norwegian delegation of book publishers who came to Korea for the 2008 Seoul International Book Fair, Tuesday at the ambassador's residence in Seoul. On the left is the wife of ambassador Bjorg Skorstad.

/ Courtesy of the Norwegian Embassy

• Peru

Farewell to Korean Amb-designate to Peru:

Peruvian Ambassador Marcela Lopez Bravo, left, and Han Byung-kil, Korean ambassador-designate to Peru talk before making a toast at a farewell reception held at the ambassador's residence in Seoul, Wednesday.

/ Korea Times Photo by Kim Se-jeong

Celebrating newly appointed Korean Ambassadors:

Ambassadors from Norway, Iceland, Sweden and Finland and invited to pose for a picture at a reception in celebration of the four newly appointed Korean ambassadors to those countries at Hyatt Hotel in Seoul, Wednesday.

Front row: Left, Kim In-sook, jewelry designer and a wife of Cho Hae-young, honorary consul general of Iceland and Eva Vargo, wife of the Swedish ambassador.

Standing From left: Park Moo-jong, president-publisher of The Korea Times; Norwegian Ambassador Didrik Tonseth; Iceland Ambassador to Beijing Gunnar Snorri Gunnarsson; Cho; Swedish Ambassador Lars Vargo; Park Ho, director of the West Europe Division at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Finnish Ambassador Kim Luotonen.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Spouses Committee invites the general public to a bazaar that will take place in the garden of the Institute of Foreign Affairs and National Security in Seocho-gu, Seoul, Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Folk art and crafts, cuisines and other items obtained by members of the MOFAT Spouses committee will be on sale, representatives from 23 foreign missions in Korea will sell traditional items.

Funds raised will be donated to charity organizations.

For more information, call (02) 3497-7710