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![Korean and Indonesian celebrities, corporate executives and policymakers celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries and Indonesia's 78th anniversary of its Independence Day at the Lotte Hotel in central Seoul on Thursday. Cutting the cake together are Indonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security affairs Mohammad Mahfud MD, fifth from right; Indonesian Ambassador to Korea Gandi Sulistiyanto and his wife, center; Bank of Korea Chairman Rhee Chang-yong, third from right; People Power Party leader Kim Gi-hyeon, fourth from left; Dita Karang, Indonesian singer and member of Secret Number, far right; and Choi Si-won, Korean singer and member of boy band Super Junior, far left. [PARK SANG-MOON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10258522.jpg?imageId=10258522&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Actor Choi Si-won, left, poses with Choi Pil-yeo, the president of the Korea Association Against Drug Abuse on Monday. Choi, a member of boy band Super Junior, was appointed as an advisor at the Korea Association Against Drug Abuse, the agency said Thursday. [KOREA ASSOCIATION AGAINST DRUG ABUSE]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11798424.jpg?imageId=11798424&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![From left, Gandi Sulistiyanto, ambassador of Indonesia to Korea, Choi Si-won, member of boy band Super Junior, and Park Jin, foreign minister, pose together after Choi was appointed Monday as an honorary ambassador on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of bilateral ties between Indonesia and Korea at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10719129.jpg?imageId=10719129&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
