The Philippine Embassy in Seoul successfully conducted a lecture on Filipino Culture and Identity on 15 and 16 May 2010 at the ASEAN-Korea Center, entitled “Today’s Native is Yesterday’s Visitor: An Overview of Philippine Cultural History.”

Dr. Florentino Hornedo, Ph.D. in Literature, History and Political Science, conducted the lecture which was attended by over 150 participants coming from various Filipino communities, spouses organizations and workers associations in Korea. The lecture was conducted in line with the continuing effort of the Embassy to promote cultural awareness to Filipinos in Korea and to reintroduce facts and features of Filipino culture and history that are relevant in training future cultural partners who will themselves conduct cultural workshops in Korea. The two-day event was supported by the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), the ASEAN-Korea Center and the Seoul Global Center.