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Korea-ASEAN Fashion Week opens in Busan

Fashion industry experts and managers from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and 10 member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a joint fashion festival in Busan on November 22 ahead of the southern port city's hosting of the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit next week.

Hanoi (VNA) - Fashion industry experts and managersfrom the Republic of Korea (RoK) and 10 member states of the Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations (ASEAN) kicked off a joint fashion festival in Busan onNovember 22 ahead of the southern port city's hosting of the ASEAN-RoKCommemorative Summit next week.

The Korea-ASEAN Fashion Week will last four days, bringingtogether about 10,000 representative designers, fashion association directors,fashion company executives and spectators from the RoK and ASEAN members.

The rare event has been designed to promote friendship and mutualcooperation between the RoK and ASEAN countries in the fashion sector,particularly in celebration of the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit slated for November25 and 26.

The main event of the fashion week is the Korea-ASEAN SpecialFashion Show, which will be jointly organized by renowned designers from theRoK and 10 ASEAN countries.

The fashion show will showcase a mix of Korean traditional danceand costume, called hanbok; clothes produced by young regional designers,including those from Busan; and a unique fashion performance featuring K-popsingers.

Korean and ASEAN fashion experts and executives will launch theirjoint cooperation body, dubbed the Korea-ASEAN Fashion Industry ExchangeAssociation.

Fashion industry executives, fashion associations and designersplan to sign the ASEAN Fashion Cluster Exchange Cooperation Agreement,according to the organizers./.

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