UNJournal Lee Sung Jun | The Embassy of Peru in Seoul will host a reception commemorating the 205th anniversary of Peruvian independence on July 28, 2026, at the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel Seoul in Gwanghwamun, Jongno-gu. The event is organised by Ambassador Paul Duclos and his wife, Jeanette Somocurcio, and is intended to celebrate Peru's independence milestone while reinforcing the friendship and cooperative ties between Korea and Peru. The Embassy plans to welcome diplomatic representatives from across the international community, government officials, figures from the busines
By UN Journal Lee Kap-soo The Embassy of Peru in Seoul held a reception to mark the 204th Anniversary of the Independence of Peru at Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul on July 28, 2025. Delivering a speech at the reception, Peruvian Ambassador to Korea Paul Fernando Duclos Farodi said, “In 2024, during the APEC Leaders' Summit held in Lima, Peru had the honor of transferring to Korea the chairmanship of this key platform for economic cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region. “One of the most emblematic achievements of APEC Peru was the restoration of consensus among its 21 member economies, leading to