SEOUL, Aug. 15 (UPI) -- As South Korea commemorated the 80th anniversary of its liberation from Japanese colonial rule on Friday, a festival on the banks of Seoul's Han River called for the unification of the divided Peninsula.
The Korean Dream Hangang Festa featured music, fireworks and a show of over 1,200 drones that lit up the night sky with messages of hope for reunification.
Former South Korean Prime Minister Chung Un-chan led the organizing committee for the event, which carried the theme "Beyond the Miracle on the Han River, to National Harmony and a Unified Korea."
"This is not a festival -- it is the starting point of a meaningful journey toward the epochal ideal of the Korean dream," Chung said in opening remarks Friday.
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