The Kenyan Ambassador to South Korea presented a plaque of appreciation to the CEO of the Multiculture Museum for the work he is doing in promoting mutual understanding between South Korea and Kenya and for promoting Swahili, the East African country’s official language, in Seoul on April 11.

Kenyan Ambassador to South Korea Ngovi Kitau presented the plaque to Kim Yun-tae, CEO and president of the Multiculture Museum, at the museum in Seogyo-dong, Seoul.

“He has been doing an excellent job in promoting Kenyan culture in the Republic of Korea, as well as teaching Swahili, Kenya’s national and official language, at the museum. He has also printed Swahili course books,” explained Kitau.

Kim is now developing a plan to open a Korean culture village in Kenya complete with radio and TV stations to promote Korean culture and the Saemaul Undong Movement philosophy in Kenya.

The Saemaul Undong (New Village Movement) was a rural development policy implemented during the regime of former President Park Chung-hee. 

(ephilip2011@heraldcorp.com)