Celebrating Korea's National Foundation Day and 50 Years of Friendship

On Monday, October 5, the Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in San Francisco and the SF–Seoul Sister City Committee came together to celebrate Korea's National Foundation Day and 50 years of friendship between San Francisco and Seoul.

About 200 guests, including city officials, leaders of San Francisco's other sister-city committees, and past and present committee members, gathered in the Green Room of the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center at the invitation of Consul General Lim Jung-taek.

Dancers from Seoul

At the committee's invitation, the Seoul Metropolitan Government sent the Biseul dance troupe to San Francisco for the anniversary. The troupe also gave a public performance on October 3 at the SF Korean Community Center.

A sweet thank-you

As an anniversary gift, the committee gave every guest treats from a local Korean bakery.

Thank you to Consul General Lim and the Consulate team, the Seoul Metropolitan Government, and everyone who has been part of this friendship over the past half century. Here's to the next fifty years.