Korean Reception held during ICM 2010 (Korean Math Night for SEOUL ICM 2014) 2010-08-19

KMS and SEOUL ICM 2014 Organizing Committee hosted a Korean Reception (Korean Math Night for SEOUL ICM 2014) in the evening of August 21 during ICM 2010 in Hyderabad, India. Around 230 mathematicians including the IMU EC members, 4 Fields medalists, Presidents of the mathematical societies around the world, and many mathematicians from Korea have come to celebrate Korea's successful bidding for the next ICM. Starting with the welcome speech by Prof. Dohan Kim, the president of the KMS, Prof. Hyungju Park, the Chair of SEOUL ICM 2014 Organizing Committee briefly introduced the status of the mathematics in Korea and described the concerted efforts to host ICM in Seoul in 2014.