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• Pakistan

Help Pakistan’s flood victims:

Pakistan Ambassador to Korea Shaukat Ali Mukadam, fifth from left in the second row, and his wife Anada, join student volunteers for a photo after a charity bazaar to help the victims of the flood that hit Pakistan over the summer, at Beautiful Store, a second-hand shop in Anguk-dong, Seoul, on Oct, 2. Over 7,000 items from more than 10 countries had been donated for the cause, and the ambassador took part in the event, explaining the damage and relief efforts that are going on in Pakistan.

/ Courtesy of Gangnam-gu volunteer center

• Peru

Peru’s Independence Day:

Marcela Lopez Bravo, center, the Peruvian ambassador to Korea, joins Korea’s Energy and Resources Ambassador Kim Eun-seok, left, and Rep. Na Kyung-won of the ruling Grand National Party, to mark Peru¡¯s 189th anniversary of Independence during a reception held at Lotte Hotel, Thursday.

/ Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Golf diplomacy:

Ambassadors and members of the Corps of Honorary Consuls in Korea pose for a photo during a golf tournament held in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province, last Tuesday. Participants included ambassadors from Bangladesh, Norway, Malaysia, Vietnam, Morocco and Slovakia. It is an annual match hosted by the corps.

/ Courtesy of Corps of Honorary Consuls in Korea

Flower arrangements exhibition:

Members of the Seoul Garden Club pose for a photo during an annual flower arrangement exhibition at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Seoul, Friday. Headed by Marita Seidt, wife of German Ambassador Hans-Ulrich Seidt, the club has spouses of foreign diplomats as members. More than 10 countries have been represented at the exhibition, which included Norway, Austria, Indonesia, Russia, Sweden, Nigeria, Brunei and Australia.