The Collection of poems and postmarks of Abai introduced in South Korea

The collection of poems by Abai - one of the most outstanding poets and thinkers of Kazakhstan is now available to Korean readers. With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Republic of Korea a book "황금 천막 에서 부르는 노래 (The Song in the Golden House)" was published in Korean.

The book includes 106 poems and 2 epic poems of a Kazakh writer, as well as an article by the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan K. Tokayev "Abai and Kazakhstan in the XXI century."

The author of the book is Korean writer Kim Byoung Hak. He moved to Kazakhstan in 1992. Mr. Kim worked at the Korean center in Ushtobe, Almaty region, taught Korean at the Kazakh National Pedagogical University named after Abai, was a journalist of the newspaper "Koryo Ilbo", and Director of the Korean educational center in Almaty.

In 2016, Mr. Kim returned to the Republic of Korea. He is currently one of the leaders of the Cultural center for CIS Koreans in Gwangju and researcher of the history of Koreans in CIS. On June 9 Kim Byoung Hak was awarded by the President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in for taking part in gathering historical data.

As the author of the book notes in his foreword: "Abai combined Kazakh tradition, Western rationality and religious spirituality - the defining foundations of multinational Kazakhstan today."

The total circulation of the book is 1000 copies.

In addition to the collection, stamps with images of Abai and al-Farabi appeared in South Korea. The main postal operator of the country "Korea Post" for the first time printed Kazakhstan stamps. The design of the stamps is made in a sustained style with the mark of the 175th anniversary and 1150th anniversary of the great Kazakh figures.