ISLAMABAD: The South Korean embassy on Wednesday screened a traditional film “Fatal Encounter” in collaboration with the Korea Foundation and the Pakistan National Council of Arts (PNCA). The film is a 2014 Korean movie based on historical events of the politically motivated real-life assassination attempt on King Jeongjo, the 22nd ruler of Korea’s Joseon dynasty. At the age of 10, Jeongjo witnessed his father’s execution through a royal decree ordered by his grandfather, then King Yeongjo. In 1777, the second year of his reign, King Jeongjo was consistently under death threats from his political enemies and barely managed to survive several assassination attempts. The film show wraps up a series of the cultural events which the Korean embassy had organised throughout the current year, with the goal of raising awareness of Pakistanis about Korean culture, Korean traditional folk performing art, Korean language, the country’s contemporary popular music known as K-Pop, and Taekwondo etc.

Source: Pakistan Today December 12, 2018 15:56 UTC