Philippine National Day celebration accorded a very large guest attendance
By Reporter Anna Kim Ambassador Theresa Dizon De Vega of the Republic of Philippines in Seoul hosted a gala reception on June 8 at the Grand Hyatt in Seoul celebrating the 125th anniversary of Independence from Spain. An unprecedentedly large number of Korean and international guests, especially the ambassadors with their spouses attended the reception in Seoul in recent years for a National Day reception in the wake of the outbreak of the COVID 19 pandemic in Korea and almost in all another countries of the world. Among the Korean guests were Deputy Foreign Minister Choi Youngsam and among th