now ahead of the 30th anniversary of the
fall of the Berlin Wall and art event is
taking place in central Seoul to mark
the occasion its significance as artists
played a big role in bringing German
people together after the wall was torn
down on Jeon reports to mark up the fall
of the Berlin Wall three decades ago
Berlin night's our burst into life on
Thursday the four-day event is open to
all and guests are treated to free
drinks and traditional German food there
is pop-up cinema and photo exhibitions
including pictures depicting what Berlin
was like 30 years ago
Berlin night's Seoul also features
showcases and parties with DJs from the
German capital one of them dr. Matta is
founder of Love Parade a techno music
and death festival first held in Berlin
in July 1989 which was registered as a
demonstration for peace joy and pancakes
and it was something that never happened
before in Berlin and it was a new way of
a way of demonstration in the streets
Germany's ambassador to South Korea who
attended the event said German
unification was realized partly because
of musicians because they discovered new
spaces to celebrate together when the
wall came down he also shared what it
means for him to represent his country
in the only still divided nation in the
world I think there's no other nation
which can really appreciate what the
Koreans must be feeling at these times
of confrontation and division of a
nation and this is why from the bottom
of our heart we really hope that in the
not-too-distant future
the Koreans will be able to celebrate as
well unification in peace and freedom
even though he mentioned the
difficulties facing Korean people he
stressed the need to keep trying and I'm
confident that with the policy which has
been which is being pursued by the turn
Asha community and also in particular by
your president president moon jae-in of
peace and reconciliation and trying to
establish peace regime on the Korean
Peninsula will overcome these problems
the Ambassador said South Korea and the
international community should reach out
to the North Korean people so that
Koreans can work toward a more peaceful
and prosperous future MGL Arirang news
