A music concert featuring FEBC-Korea's 700-member children's choir takes place at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Friday. Courtesy of FEBC-Korea By Baek Byung-yeul Far East Broadcasting Company (FEBC)-Korea hosted a concert at the John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington on Friday, commemorating the 79th anniversary of Korea's liberation and the 71st anniversary of the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement which ended hostilities of the 1950-53 Korean War. The concert featured about 700 children from FEBC-Korea's 13 regional children's choirs, according to the international Christian radio network's Korea branch. The concert has been held annually by FEBC-Korea since 2011, touring various cities across Korea.
This is the station's second performance in the United States, following the first in 2016 at Carnegie Hall in New York. "We organized this concert to enhance the positive image of Korea's future to the global audience gathered in Washington, D.C.
, through the performance of innocent children, to give strength and courage to Korean Americans and to inspire pride as Korean citizens and a desire for peaceful unification of the Korean Peninsula in the next generation," Billy Kim, chairperson of FEBC-Korea, said. President Yoon Suk Yeol said in a congratulatory message, "I believe this concert will be an opportunity to remember the preciousness of freedom and affirm the strong relationship of the Korea-U.S.
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