Korean Product & Culture Festival reflects Korean true

Korean Product & Culture Festival reflects Korean true
friendship

True friends are those who are still with us in time of need.
This being true friend is what the Koreans in Indonesia have
proven themselves to be.

When some friends have shunned us after series of crisis
engulfed our country, the Koreans have shown their true
friendship with Indonesia.

As Indonesia is struggling to free the country from the multi-
dimensional troubles, Koreans keep on investing in this
investment-thirsty country. These true friends of Indonesia are
doing their best to make the country's economic machine moving.
While some foreign companies are talking about pulling out,
around 500 Korean companies continue to stay in this country.

Over a month after JW Marriott's blast delivered Indonesia
another blow Koreans in Indonesia are now organizing an event -
Korean Product & Culture Festival that will not only symbolically
but also truly promote friendships between the two people.

This Korean Product & Culture Festival also welcomes the visit
of H.E. President of Korea Roh Moo-hyun to Indonesia. The Korean
President will arrive on October 6 in Bali to attend ASEAN + 3
Summit. This visit reaffirms Korean commitment to Indonesia.

Scheduled on October 15 to November 10 in Jakarta, Korean
Product & Culture Festival gives a strong message on what true
friendship is and what friends are for. The festival will present
both Korean culture and cultural products, including handicrafts,
food, traditional dance, Tae Kwon Do demonstrations.

The festival will be opened by H.E. Ambassador of Republic of
Korea at D'Best Department store & Supermarket at 10:00 on
October 15, 2003. This festival is held simultaneously in
Diamond Kelapa Gading, Diamond Tangerang, and Mu Gung Hwa Korean
Supermarket at Jl. Senayan, Kebayoran Baru, D'Best Fatmawati,
D'Best Tangerang, Diamond Kelapa Gading.

This cultural presentation from this friendly nation is
sponsored by Korean Embassy, Korea Agricultural and Fishery
Marketing Corporation, Mu Gung Hwa Supermarket with cooperation
from other Korean companies such as Nong Shim, Sam yang, Crown,
CJ, Sempio, Ottogi, Dongwon, Sammi, and Nansun.

"There will be food-making demonstration and free-of-charge
food tasting and a lucky draw for Korean products. At this
occasion, we will serve the number one Kimchi in Korea ," says
Kim, Woo Jae, President Director of Mu Gung Hwa Supermarket.

Mu Gung Hwa is the only supermarket in Indonesia that sells
Korean products, including Korean food ingredients, clothes,
accessories, books, magazines, cosmetics and services such as
skin treatment and canteen.

Established in 1980s in Jakarta's Jalan Senayan by Kim Woo
Jae, Mu Gung Hwa is widely known by all Koreans who stay in
Jakarta and its surrounding towns. In 2000, Mu Gung Hwa opened
outlets in Tangerang and Kelapa Gading. The company also supplies
Korean products to several Indonesian supermarkets, including
Hero, D'Best, Matahari, Carrefour, and Sogo.

Mu Gung Hwa is growing along with the friendships between
Korea and Indonesia. Mu Gung Hwa active involvement in the coming
Korean Product & Culture Festival is a sign of its commitment to
present Korea in Indonesia.

"To promote friendships, Mu Gung Hwa has also funded heart
operations for children since 1990s. As of now, we have assisted
13 children with heart problems. We also finance around 20
students as part of our scholarship program," says Kim who is
also known as Peter, who has stayed in Indonesia since 1977.