Friendship seeds

In commemoration of the 200th anniversary of independence of six Central American countries, diplomats from four Central American and Caribbean countries and officials from the Korea Forest Service (KFS) and the Korea National Arboretum pose in front of the Tropical Green House of the arboretum in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 14, after donating seeds of their national trees and flowers to the arboretum. The participating diplomats are Ambassador of Honduras Virgilio Paredes Trapero, third from right; Ambassador of Costa Rica Alejandro Rodriguez Zamora, fourth from right; Ambassador of Nicaragua Rodrigo Coronel Kinloch, sixth from right and El Salvadorian Charge d'Affairs Jaime Jose Lopez Badia, seventh from right. Courtesy of Embassy of Nicaragua in Korea

Seeds of national trees and flowers of the four Central American and Caribbean countries ― Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras ― donated by the relevant embassies in Korea to the National Korea National Arboretum are planted at the arboretum's Tropical Green House in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, Sept. 14. Courtesy of Embassy of Nicaragua in Korea