A South Korean film festival will be launched in Myanmar in October to introduce Korean feature films to the Myanmar audiences, sources with the film circle said on Friday.

At the festival, 10 selected Korean feature films with Myanmar sub-titles will be screened at the famous Thamada (President) Cinema in Yangon, said officials of the Korean M G International Co Ltd, the sponsor of the festival.

Attached with the film show, noted Korean vocalists and actresses Ttutti twin sisters will entertain the audiences, the sources said.

Korean TV series were first telecast by the Myawaddy TV of Myanmar in 2002 and since then Korean artists have become popular in Myanmar.

In July 2005, a week-long Myanmar-Korean contemporary art show took place here to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Myanmar and South Korea, displaying classical and modern works of artists of the two countries with different views based on Eastern culture. The Myanmar side exhibits 23 works of artists, while the Korean side 52.

In September the same year, South Korean stars including Kim Jae Won and involving three Korean singing star groups -- the Cross, Baby Vox and Wawa -- gave performances in Yangon as part of their ASEAN tour to mark the 15th anniversary of Korea-ASEAN dialogue partnership..

Both of the activities provided opportunities for Myanmar audience to have direct access to Korean artists, thus creating better understanding between the peoples of the two countries and enhanced bilateral friendship, local artists said.

Myanmar and South Korea share a common experience in nurturing a distinctive culture on the basis of tradition and creative adoption and digestion of foreign cultural influences, the artists noted.

Myanmar and South Korea forged diplomatic links in 1975 and the two countries have maintained continued cooperative relations in various areas including cultural, economic, technical cooperation.

Source: Xinhua