Word: seoul
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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WHEN the North Koreans swept down over the 38th parallel on June 25, 1950, one of the prizes they had their sights on was the great national collection of Korean art in Seoul. Delaying tactics by the museum staff ("The packing took quite a long time," says wide-smiling Dr. Chewon Kim, director of Korea's National Museum) and the recapture of Seoul three months after it had fallen to the Communists saved the treasures. Next week, as a gesture of "gratitude to all those known and unknown American friends who fought with us against the Communist invasion...
Light-Fingered. In Seoul, Korea, three officials of the Railroad Bureau were sacked for "unbecoming conduct" after their arrest on charges of stealing ten tons of rails...
...contemporary American shows are on tour-one in Europe and another in the Far East. Last week the European exhibition was touring Germany, after opening in Copenhagen; it will go on to London and Paris. The Asian edition was touring Japan, after opening in Seoul; it will go on to Manila and Wellington, N.Z. Both shows consist of varied works of four Pacific Northwest painters (Mark Tobey...
Embassy of the Republic of China Seoul...
Gift from Seoul...