National Day of Korea!

I've read on the local newspaper that today is the National Day of Korea. (4337th Foundation Day of Korea). I also want to say to the Korean people, readers of my blog and to their government, Republic of Korea Congratulations on their Foundation Day!.

Our president, Her Excellency, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, also addressed a letter to the Republic of Korea, congratulating them on their National day. According to her letter, she said that this day "Mark the special friendship and cooperation between our two countries, which are both moving towards the future with greater clarity of shared goals and aspirations". She ended the letter by saying, "I have reason to believe that the close partnership between our two peoples will reach even higher levels of friendship and cooperation in the future.

On the same local newspaper another nice letter was addressed by the Ambassador of Korea, Mr. Yu Myung-Hwan to the Philippines.

The past 40 years of economic development in Korea demonstrates its capacity for dynamic change. Korea has set a new course that will capitalize on this inner dynamism to usher in a new era of change and oppurtunity. - source: Philippine Daily Inquirer Special Project section. (Sunday, October 3, 2004)