Independence Day

Ambassador of Brazil to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu, center, Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon, eighth from right, and members of the diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Brazil at the Four Seasons Seoul on Thursday. [PARK SANG-MOON]
Ambassador of Brazil to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu, center, Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon, eighth from right, and members of the diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Brazil at the Four Seasons Seoul on Thursday.

BY ESTHER CHUNG [chung.juhee@joongang.co.kr]