The Korean Friendship Pavilion () is a Korean pavilion gifted to Mexico from South Korea, located in the park

Chapultepec Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest Nature Value Area´s in Mexico, measuring in total just over . Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of ...

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, Mexico. It was gifted as part of an international exchange program during the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...

, which was hosted in Mexico City. It was inaugurated on March 8, 1968. The building is a miniature version of the iconic pagoda in Tapgol Park in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

. That original pagoda was the location that the 1919

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was issued as part of the

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in the Japanese colonial period. The building was painted and carved in South Korea, then assembled at the final location. The South Korean

diplomatic mission A diplomatic mission or foreign mission is a group of people from a state or organization present in another state to represent the sending state or organization officially in the receiving or host state. In practice, the phrase usually denotes ...

in Mexico is responsible for the upkeep of the building. It is located in a part of the park reserved for people over the age of 60, to reflect the

Korean Confucian Korean Confucianism, or Korean Ruism, is the form of Confucianism that emerged and developed in Korea. One of the most substantial influences in Korean intellectual history was the introduction of Confucian thought as part of the cultural influe ...

values of respecting elders.

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{{Commons category, Korean Friendship Pavilion, Mexico
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'' Korean News'', April 5, 1968 Mexico–South Korea relations Pavilions Buildings and structures completed in 1968 Chapultepec Buildings and structures in Mexico City 1968 establishments in Mexico

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