Dongducheon City successfully completes ‘16th Korea-US Friendship Day’ event
A venue for harmony and festivities was prepared between Dongducheon citizens and US Forces Korea... It was a meaningful time to reflect on the 70-year alliance between Korea and the US.
[Break News Dongducheon = Reporter Kim Wan-young] The ‘16th Korea-US Friendship Day’ event, which was decorated as a venue for harmony and festivities between the citizens of Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do and the US military in Korea, was successfully held on the 23rd.
In particular, this year's Korea-US Friendship Day event received a great response as the first part of the event was the Korea-US Friendship Sports Festival, which allowed citizens and US troops stationed in Korea to directly interact and unite.
On this day, the Korea-U.S. Friendship Sports Festival consisted of the Dongducheon Citizen National Team and the U.S. 2nd Division National Team and played friendly matches in three sports: soccer, baseball, and basketball.
In the case of soccer, soldiers from the 28th Division attended and had a meaningful time as the Dongducheon citizen team, the 28th Division soldier team, and the US 2nd Division soldier team competed in a three-way match.
Subsequently, the Korea-US Friendship Festival was held together with the Camp Bosan Beer Festival and became a festival where many citizens and US military personnel attended and enjoyed the event together.
Meanwhile, Dongducheon Mayor Park Hyeong-deok said, “This 16th Korea-U.S. Friendship Day event was a meaningful time to once again reflect on the 70-year alliance between Korea and the U.S.” “We will further develop the content and scale of this event into a unique event that can save the world.”
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