When We Connect: 2026 Peace and Unification Cultural Event for Overseas Koreans held in Canada

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 20, 2026--

The Ministry of Unification held the 2026 Peace and Unification Cultural Event for Overseas Koreans under the theme "When We Connect" on Saturday, July 18, at Swangard Stadium in Burnaby, Canada.

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Visitors gather at the 2026 Peace and Unification Cultural Event in Canada, which draws interest from Overseas Koreans with its message of peaceful coexistence and connection. (Image: Ministry of Unification)

Held in conjunction with the 24th Vancouver Korean Cultural Heritage Festival, the event conveyed the message that once the Korean Peninsula reconnects, peaceful coexistence could open boundless possibilities. It drew the interest of overseas Koreans and local citizens who visited the booth.

The event focused on the explosive potential that can only emerge once broken ties are restored, and was designed so visitors could experience "connection" for themselves.

In the Line Tracer experience, visitors connected a Eurasian railway route by hand and watched a model train run it, coming away with a felt sense of the economic and environmental benefits that a peace-connected railway across the Korean Peninsula could bring, along with anticipation for a future connected by peace.

Visitors also responded positively to other programs that let them experience the boundless possibilities of connection: the DMZ exhibit, where VR and AR postcards introduced the DMZ's preserved natural environment; the AI Unification Art Challenge, where visitors viewed and voted on AI-generated visions of a unified Korea created by overseas Koreans; and the K-Tea pairing, where visitors sampled a variety of teas alongside Kaesong yakgwa.

In particular, a talk concert titled "Drawing Korea's Blue Ocean" brought overseas Koreans together in a shared moment. Kim Min-kyung (Michelle Kim), CEO of The Way Company, who runs a Canada-based global accelerating program for Korean startups, introduced the economic opportunities that peace on the Korean Peninsula could bring and the role young overseas Koreans could play in them.

Visitors to the event shared their impressions. One overseas Korean raising elementary school-age children said the event brought back stories about the two Koreas that she had completely forgotten while living in Canada, adding that she rarely had the occasion to talk with her second-generation children about peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula, and that this event gave her a meaningful opportunity to do so.

Another overseas Korean, who moved to Canada as a child and has lived there for 30 years, said it was fascinating and exciting to imagine traveling from Canada to Korea by ferry and the Eurasian railway.

The Ministry of Unification plans to continue hosting experience-based cultural events built around the shared message of connection and peace, to help overseas Koreans naturally understand and engage with the issue of peace and unification on the Korean Peninsula.

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Visitors participate in the Line Tracer experience, exploring the economic and environmental potential of a peace-connected railway across the Korean Peninsula. (Image: Ministry of Unification)

BOSTON (AP) — The only thing able to slow down the Red Sox was the weather.

Boston's game against the Baltimore Orioles on Tuesday was postponed because of rain, delaying its pursuit of a franchise record-tying 15th straight victory.

The teams will play a doubleheader Wednesday, with games scheduled for 1:35 p.m. and 7:10 p.m. EDT.

“It is what it is,” Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said. “Tough airline travel can be disappointing. All the different things we’ve gone through. Yeah, you want to go out there and play, but, at the same time, if it looks like it’s going to rain all night off and on, and you don’t even know if there’s a window to play … wet field conditions and things like that, it doesn’t make a ton of sense.”

Boston rallied for a 6-5 victory over Baltimore in the series opener on Monday night for its 14th consecutive victory, moving a win away from matching a run by the 1946 team, led by future Hall of Famer Ted Williams.

The Red Sox have had their share of travel delays before and during the streak.

After they won six in a row, they were grounded for nearly 24 hours due to a pair of mechanical issues on their plane in Chicago, delaying their arrival at Citi Field to face the New York Mets. The start of the game was pushed back slightly, and the Red Sox beat the Mets 6-2.

That airline delay was the second in two weeks. Their flight from Denver to Boston turned around after half an hour on June 24 due to a mechanical issue. After getting home in the early morning, they beat the Yankees.

On Tuesday, rain started about three hours before the scheduled first pitch, and the game was called about 90 minutes later.

Injured pitcher Garrett Crochet said he hasn’t been in the dugout during the streak.

“It was like, man, we’ve got a good thing going here,” he said. “I finished my work the other day in like the seventh inning and I was like, ‘Let me finish this inning in here, and maybe I’ll go out.’ And Wilyer (Abreu) hit a homer. I was like, ‘Ooh, I got to stay here.’”

Abreu hit a two-run homer to lift Boston past Tampa Bay on Saturday.

Orioles: RHP Dean Kremer (1-2, 4.15 ERA) is slated to start the day game and RHP Kyle Bradish (6-9, 3.61) is set for the nightcap.

Red Sox: LHP Jake Bennett (5-3, 2.35) is set to start the opener, and it's possible that LHP Ranger Suárez (4-3, 3.15) will come of the injured list for the second game.

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Fans walk towards Fenway Park as a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles was postponed due to heavy rain, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Fans leave the upper deck of Fenway Park after a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles was postponed due to heavy rain, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)