Three worlds and 500 years

Mathias Francke, ambassador of Chile to Korea, fourth from front left; Park Ju-ok, chief of the National Library for Children and Young Adults, fifth from front left; and members of the Culture Ministry and diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate the opening of the exhibition ″Encounter Between Three Worlds: 500 Years After the First Circumnavigation of the Earth' at the library on Monday. The exhibition, organized by the Chilean Embassy in Seoul with the library, runs through Dec. 18. [ESTHER CHUNG]
Mathias Francke, ambassador of Chile to Korea, fourth from front left; Park Ju-ok, chief of the National Library for Children and Young Adults, fifth from front left; and members of the Culture Ministry and diplomatic corps in Seoul celebrate the opening of the exhibition ″Encounter Between Three Worlds: 500 Years After the First Circumnavigation of the Earth" at the library on Monday. The exhibition, organized by the Chilean Embassy in Seoul with the library, runs through Dec. 18.

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