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00:00:00activities, culinary arts and
00:00:02But I still don't understand why all these catering services, with the aim of promoting team
00:00:05spirit and allowing Moroccan talents to demonstrate their qualities and represent
00:00:09Morocco in Paris within the framework of the World Championship in
00:00:122028. Three days of flavors and exchanges that place
00:00:16Nadoria in the East on the map of
00:00:19criminal purposes. So, in the gastronomy and tourism, an event that
00:00:21demonstrates that cooking is also a driver of development and a bridge between
00:02:23lights, fabrics and dreams turned into Art, Paris
00:02:27said goodbye to 9 days in which fashion has
00:02:31once again shown that it is much more than a
00:02:34trend, it is a form of expression, an
00:02:38emotion and a reflection of our time. The French
00:02:41capital thus closed its catwalks, but left open
00:02:45the doors to a new season full of
00:02:49creativity, elegance and freedom, because
00:02:52fashion changes with each season, but style, when
00:02:55it is authentic, never goes out of style.
00:02:58Paris, the world. Now looks towards next spring.
00:03:17That's all for today, thank you for being with us one more day, very good
00:03:21afternoon,
00:03:21goodbye.
00:04:19Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God grant him victory and
00:04:23support, the Assilah Forum Foundation organizes
00:04:26from October 2 to 18 the autumn
00:04:30session of the 47th
00:04:32Assilah International Cultural
00:04:37already they already started Season. This session includes the organization of a number
00:04:40of intellectual, literary, and artistic seminars
00:04:43with the participation of thinkers, writers,
00:04:46Morocco
00:04:50and abroad. The program includes seminars on energy and
00:04:54water challenges in Africa and strategic projects,
00:04:57and seminars on challenges, transformations, and prospects in the
00:05:01Arab world by 2030,
00:05:04in addition to meetings celebrating literature, poetry, and plastic
00:05:07arts, a creativity
00:05:10MTX. And the other area of tent, and the Boland Al-Haidari Prize for
00:05:17poets. The season's activities also include the opening of art
00:05:20exhibitions, the organization of workshops for arts and literary
00:05:23expression, children's writing, the signing of
00:05:26new publications, and the screening of a documentary
00:05:29film, as well as musical evenings that will continue
00:05:33throughout the
00:05:39session. Chance is the first video on demand platform, best
00:06:01Today, we are stepping into a little Korea right here in
00:06:05Rabat, at the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. More
00:06:08than six decades of friendship and cooperation
00:06:13brought Morocco and Korea closer together.
00:06:16Today, we're going to discover the story behind this
00:06:20exceptional relationship and get to know the man representing
00:06:23Korea in Morocco, Your Excellency,
00:06:26Yoon. It's a pleasure to have you with us. Thank you very much
00:06:29for coming. It's my honor and privilege. I'm great to have
00:06:33you. Mr. Ambassador, take us back to the
00:06:36moment you learned that you've been
00:06:39appointed Korean ambassador to Morocco. What was the
00:06:43very first thought that crossed your mind? I was
00:06:47really honored and privileged, and I
00:06:50started to think about how I could promote
00:06:53bilateral relationships. For
00:06:56example, I want to become a rainmaker
00:07:00between the two countries. So what kind of rain should I bring to the
00:07:04Kingdom of Morocco? And I decided to do my best
00:07:07to promote the bilateral relationship.
00:07:11Great. And once you arrived in Morocco, what was the
00:07:14first thing that surprised you the most? I
00:07:18was really surprised to find out the hospitality of the
00:07:21Moroccan people. Yeah, and the
00:07:24warmth they extended to me. Every
00:07:27corner I go to, I found the Moroccan people are very kind and very
00:07:30generous and very much helpful. So I'm
00:07:34really surprised. It looks like Korea, a little
00:07:38Korea. It is now their hospitality
00:07:41too. Yeah, Morocco and
00:07:45Korea established diplomatic relations in
00:07:471962. More than six decades later, how
00:07:50would you describe this relationship?
00:07:54Um, it was a very good relationship,
00:07:57but thanks to the situation, ever
00:08:01since I arrived in the Kingdom of Morocco, the
00:08:04relationship is more future oriented and it's starting
00:08:07to develop much quicker than expected. Yeah, so
00:08:10I'm really pleased and I
00:08:12am really honored that I will do my
00:08:16best to promote bilateral relationships, and it's
00:08:20very, very common. They are coming across, yeah, exactly. And talking
00:08:24about economic cooperation, because I think this is something that the listeners
00:08:28are interested in. Korean companies are present in
00:08:31Morocco. There are many projects involving Korean
00:08:34companies. Um, what do you think Korean
00:08:37investors find attractive in
00:08:40Morocco? First of all,
00:08:42Morocco is a gateway to the market of the African continent
00:08:46in general. Yeah. And Morocco has a free, the only African
00:08:49country to have a free trade agreement with the European
00:08:52Union and USA. So it
00:08:56has a very, it occupies a very important
00:08:58strategic position. Yeah. And also,
00:09:02it is under the able leadership of His
00:09:05Majesty. It is economically
00:09:08stabilized, politically stabilized, which is a good
00:09:12point. And the labor force is very
00:09:15competent. So that's the major attractive factor for Korean companies
00:09:19to invest more and more. Yeah. And looking ahead, what do you
00:09:22think are the sectors of greatest potential for Korean investors or companies?
00:09:26First of all, I'd like to mention business, train
00:09:29production.
00:09:32A $5 billion worth deal
00:09:35with ONCF.
00:09:38It got the deal partly
00:09:41because it promised technology transfer and joint
00:09:44production trains in Morocco. So
00:09:49groundwork for their factor joint factories in
00:09:53Bnet. So they will jointly produce
00:09:57trains in Morocco. And for example, in Korea, we have
00:10:00KTX, Korea Train Express, a high-speed
00:10:03train. I already named it. You will have the MTX, Morocco
00:10:07Train Express. The and made in Morocco
00:10:11express the train of... express train which can
00:10:14be exported to the African continent, European
00:10:18Union, European continent in the future. So I named it
00:10:22good promising cooperation is
00:10:25renewable energy. For example, hydrogen product related
00:10:29industry. Korean companies are very famous for
00:10:33advanced technology in hydrogen business. So renewable energy
00:10:36is one promising factor. And the other things are, for
00:10:40example, electric car related industries, for
00:10:43battery production or something like that. And then maybe
00:10:46car industry too. That's the promising factors, I believe. So
00:10:50a promising future ahead. Yes, great. Now let's turn our
00:10:53attention to the young generation. Uh, you know that a lot
00:10:57of Moroccans are discovering Korea without even having traveled
00:11:00there through its music, through Korean
00:11:04dramas, cuisine, the
00:11:06language. So what, why do you think
00:11:09Korean, the Korean culture
00:11:13has connected so strongly with
00:11:15Moroccans? I think it's mainly because of the
00:11:19fact that we shared very good
00:11:23cultural heritage there.
00:11:25We respect elders, we have hospitality towards
00:11:28outsiders, neighbors, we love your neighbors, we share this kind of
00:11:32culture. So culturally we have common, common
00:11:35cultural backgrounds. Yeah, I think that will make, that
00:11:39makes the Moroccan people love Korean,
00:11:42Korean cultural products, because we share the
00:11:44culture, and this until so
00:11:48far, it has been a one-way business, the Korean
00:11:52cultural goods coming to Morocco. It's to promote
00:11:55Moroccan culture to Korea now. So I'm thinking about how can I
00:11:58promote Moroccan culture in the Korean market
00:12:01too. We only have some Moroccan
00:12:04entertainers working in Korea, yeah, promoting Moroccan cultures
00:12:08and playing the bridge role between Korea and Morocco. I really
00:12:12want to promote it more. Great. And speaking about
00:12:15bringing the Korean culture to Morocco, here there is a great
00:12:18example, which is the 19th Arab K-Culture
00:12:21caravan. It's in its 90th edition, yeah. And it
00:12:25will be in Mohammed V Theater, bringing
00:12:28in K-pop dancers and also
00:12:32Korean products. So what do you hope that the Moroccan
00:12:35audience will discover about Korea
00:12:38beyond K-pop and Korean dramas? First of all, I
00:12:41hope Moroccan audience will discover and
00:12:45enjoy Korean cultural products, starting with
00:12:48K-dance and breakdance. But
00:12:51I would also like to point out that we also
00:12:55uh, do the Korean cultural products
00:12:58exhibition. You can find Korean products, starting from Korean
00:13:02cosmetics to Korean locomotives, I mean Korean
00:13:06trains. Partly, not a real
00:13:09train, a simplified one. And
00:13:12also Korean traditional cultural tradition. We will do the
00:13:16exhibition of Korean food, Korean Hanbok, yeah. And this
00:13:19exhibition will also bring Korean innovation and
00:13:23Korean companies. So
00:13:25um, what do you think of this combination of culture
00:13:29and business as a way to promote economics in Morocco
00:13:32and Korea? First of all, I believe culture plays the role
00:13:36of an ice breaker. So you can
00:13:39get acquainted with a foreign country through cultural goods, for example
00:13:43movies, songs, something like that. So after Moroccan people
00:13:46enjoy Korean cultural goods, they find Korean
00:13:49technology or Korean goods
00:13:52reliable. For example, you see Korean K-dramas through Netflix or
00:13:56YouTube. Korean Moroccan consumers are
00:14:00familiar with Korean cosmetics, "Ah, this actor uses this
00:14:03cosmetic," and they find it reliable, so they start to
00:14:07buy it. So that's what I have witnessed in the Moroccan market.
00:14:11First time I came to this beautiful place, there was only one Korean
00:14:15shop selling Korean
00:14:16cosmetics.
00:14:19Yeah, you can even find Korean cosmetics in Marjane, Inwi. Yeah, yeah,
00:14:23very popular, by the way. Yeah, you know that, Your Excellency, His Majesty King Mohammed
00:14:27VI has a strong vision for
00:14:30Moroccan youth, and I think that Korea is contributing to this vision. Yes?
00:14:34Yes, we are contributing, and we regularly
00:14:37invite a small number, but around seven
00:14:40people, to Korea. We provide
00:14:44them Korean government scholarships, two for
00:14:47bachelor's, five for postgraduate. I hope we can
00:14:50expand more, and then it covers your tuition
00:14:53fee and your living expenses. And another important
00:14:57fact is that some Moroccan students have
00:15:00had their studies in Korea with their own money. One
00:15:04example is one lady student graduated from
00:15:07a Korean university after she
00:15:09finished
00:15:12her studies, she came back, she came back home and found a
00:15:15job. That's great. She works, she works as
00:15:19an engineer, and the general manager is
00:15:23totally, totally pleased with
00:15:25her performance. That's a good sign of cooperation. That's really great. Now let's
00:15:29put diplomacy aside, Your Excellency, and discover the man behind the title.
00:15:33So what do you enjoy doing most in Morocco when you're not
00:15:37working? Whenever I have time, I travel around from the
00:15:40north, that one till to the, to the central
00:15:43part of Marrakech and beyond. I'm, I'm totally
00:15:47mesmerized by the beauty of Moroccan landscape
00:15:50and the good weather and hospitality of the people. Yes.
00:15:53And after living in Morocco, do you think that the
00:15:57country has changed
00:16:00a way or another? Uh, you mean Moroccan country?
00:16:03Yes. Um, it has developed even though
00:16:07I just came here two and a half years ago. Morocco has developed
00:16:11a lot under the able leadership of His Majesty
00:16:15Mohammed VI. Every corner, for example, in my
00:16:18neighborhood, every corner is under construction, building something,
00:16:21something, in preparation for the 2030 World Games. So I
00:16:25really cross my fingers for the development and the well
00:16:28being of the Moroccan economy and Moroccan people. Yeah. And has
00:16:31Morocco changed something in you, Your Excellency, in the way you are,
00:16:35in the Korean side of you?
00:16:38Uh, first of all, we share the same
00:16:40culture. I mean in Korean language,
00:16:44Cheon, as hospitality and warmth to other
00:16:47people. They really, really
00:16:50welcome their outsiders. For example,
00:16:54I, we recently I have, I hosted some
00:16:57bilateral economic seminar with the Korean Institute
00:17:01and your Royal Institute for Study. One of the
00:17:04participants told me an amazing story. When he arrived in the
00:17:08hotel, he found that he had lost something, yeah, to bring something
00:17:11from Korea. So he needed to buy it. And he
00:17:15told the hotel desk, and she told him that in the
00:17:17hotel, you cannot buy this, but I know somebody who knows where
00:17:21to buy it, to get it. So she called and brought a man
00:17:25and he, he accompanied him, the
00:17:28Korean scholar, to the shop where he
00:17:31could buy. And in the shop, the shop owner couldn't speak English. So
00:17:35the shop owner called somebody who
00:17:37could speak English, and he felt okay after
00:17:40that, yeah. So now we want to discover, talking about this, we want to
00:17:44discover how more you can become, Your Excellency. There are just some questions I will
00:17:47ask you. Uh, when you serve Moroccan
00:17:51tea, do you do it with the high pour, the Moroccan way, or
00:17:55rather the Korean
00:17:57way?
00:17:59For the country, yeah, the high pour or the
00:18:03Korean way when you serve it? Um, I
00:18:05love Moroccan tea, yeah. And as a Korean,
00:18:09I, and usually Koreans drink tea without
00:18:12sugar, yeah. So I started without sugar, but these days I
00:18:16started with sugar because some Moroccan friends told me that if
00:18:20you want to experience real Moroccan
00:18:23culture, tea should be served
00:18:26with sugar. And Morocco has a Moroccan way
00:18:30of making, preparing. Exactly. It's like a ceremony.
00:18:33It's very, try to with
00:18:36delicious biscuits. Yes. And a
00:18:40Moroccan expression you've learned?
00:18:42A Moroccan expression I learned is that the first thing
00:18:46is inshallah, inshallah, yeah. I like the
00:18:49word inshallah, inshallah, because they don't want to hurt
00:18:53the feelings of your friend. So it's a kind of my
00:18:56way of saying inshallah, yeah.
00:18:59And I like the expression alhamdulillah,
00:19:02alhamdulillah. I like the expression alhamdulillah. And you use them?
00:19:06Yeah, I use them. Alhamdulillah. Great. And the two
00:19:09essential ingredients in the Moroccan tagine?
00:19:13I like the beef tagine
00:19:15because the beef is similar
00:19:19to Korean food called galbi. It's
00:19:22very similar. So I like Moroccan beef
00:19:25tagine. And the other one I like is
00:19:29pastilla. I love pastilla, especially seafood,
00:19:32yeah. But I want two ingredients that are essential in a
00:19:35tagine. Two ingredients? Yeah.
00:19:38Beef, beef. I like the beef, the way it's cooked, beef
00:19:42and some nuts. And I personally like nuts. In Korea, we
00:19:46have some variety of nuts, yeah, a dish with nuts.
00:19:50I like this beef and the nuts, yeah. Great.
00:19:54I'm happy with the test, Your Excellency. Now you want to add
00:19:57something before we wrap up this
00:19:59interview? To the Moroccan people. Yes, as
00:20:03a Korean ambassador of the Republic of
00:20:07Korea to the Kingdom of Morocco, I really, really
00:20:10thank your people for your hospitality
00:20:13to me and your warmth extended to me. And
00:20:16I can promise, until I complete my mission here, my
00:20:20service here, I will do my best to promote bilateral
00:20:24relations. Yeah, best of luck with your term here in Morocco, Your
00:20:28Excellency, the Korean Ambassador to Morocco, Mr.
00:20:31Yoon. It was a pleasure to have you with us. Thank you very much indeed.
00:20:35Until next time, see you. Shukran.
00:25:37Please, I want to understand why all this fuss about personal
00:25:40data protection and how I can protect it.
00:25:43Personal data protection is no joke. Our
00:25:46country is taking the matter seriously.
00:25:50It has set laws and rules to protect your name, phone number,
00:25:53address, your photos, your school information, and even
00:25:57medical and banking information. In short, any information
00:26:00that can identify you.
00:26:04precautions. I'll simplify things for you. Your data
00:26:08is like gold. Companies can exploit it to bombard
00:26:11you with ads. Hackers, meaning pirates, can steal your
00:26:15money or harm you. And there are other people who can use it against you or
00:26:19even forge it for
00:26:21end, data protection equals protection of your freedom,
00:26:25your private life, and your family's life. Wow, to
00:26:29that extent.