Father Simon Lee: With love from Korea to Mongolia
The pioneering South Korean Salesian missionary priest is a man of many talents
Darkhan is 229 kilometers north of Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar. (Photo supplied)
Father Simon Lee is a man of many skills farmer, cook, educator, publisher, translator, friend and motivator to street children and youth, and so on.
The 65-year-old Salesian missionary priest from South Korea has been serving in Mongolia since 2001.
As an enthusiastic farmer, he cultivates vegetables and fruits with students and fellow confreres on the farm at the Salesian community in Darkhan, 229 kilometers north of capital Ulaanbaatar.
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PyeongChang Peace Forum 2021 to Take Place February 7-9
SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The PyeongChang 2018 Legacy Foundation will hold its third annual PyeongChang Peace Forum (PPF) at the PyeongChang Alpensia Convention Center from February 7 to 9 under the auspices of the Gangwon Province, the PyeongChang County and the Korea International Cooperation Agency.
Themed Peace! Here and Now, the PPF 2021, marking the third anniversary of the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic Games, will feature discussions on challenges for the Korean peninsula and world peace in the world s only divided province with world leaders and peace builders amid an unprecedented pandemic. Action Plan: Peace New Deal, the theme for the Forum, will address five core topics and action plans: Economy and Peace; Sports and Peace; DMZ Peace Zone; UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Peace; and Public Diplomacy and Peace.
Kasungu district hospital on Friday received Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) worth K34 million donation from Korean government through its Korea International Cooperation Agency.
Noh (in a jacket) pose pose with items donated flanked by Dr Golombe (far left), DC Kanyangalazi (2nd left) and Lupale.
Noh said KOICA then decided, not only to support Good Neighbors or KOICA’s project only, but also Kasungu as a whole.
The development has come at a time when the country has just started experiencing a spike of Covid-19 cases.
Kasungu last registered a COVID-19 case in August 2020, but as cases rise, there is a worry there can be a surge of new cases as well in the district.