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![German Ambassador Georg Schmidt delivers welcoming remarks at the 'Tanz im Mai' spring reception at the ambassador's residence in Seongbuk District, northern Seoul, on May 21. On the left is the sustainable Maypole tree, handcrafted mostly by the Ambassador's wife using bamboo from the residence grounds. [SEO JI-EUN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12609457.jpg?imageId=12609457&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
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![German Ambassador to Korea Georg Schmidt delivers his welcoming remarks at a reception hosted by his embassy on Thursday evening to mark the 35th anniversary of German reunification at The RAUM in Gangnam District, southern Seoul. [SEO JI-EUN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11365870.jpg?imageId=11365870&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Israeli Ambassador to Korea Akiva Tor, right, speaks to German Ambassador to Korea Georg Schmidt at a ceremony marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the Goethe-Institut in Yongsan District, central Seoul, on Monday. [PARK SANG-MOON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12387081.jpg?imageId=12387081&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Student and teacher representatives of high schools in Seoul pose with German Ambassador-designate to Korea Georg Schmidt, third from right in second row; and Kim Hyo-joon, chairman of the Alumninetzwerk Deutschland-Korea (Adeko), fifth from right in second row, after a youth exchange agreement was signed between German and Korean associations and Adeko in Seoul on Monday. [PARK SANG-MOON]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11097807.jpg?imageId=11097807&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Georg Schmidt, German ambassador to Korea, fourth from right; Joo Young-joon, deputy minister of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, fifth from right; Martin Henkelmann, president and CEO of the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry, third from right; and experts of climate change from Korea and Germany join a conference on carbon neutrality in Seoul organized by the embassy and the chamber of commerce at the Conrad Seoul on Thursday. [EMBASSY OF GERMANY IN KOREA]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10005167.jpg?imageId=10005167&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)