 Concordia College in Moorhead has received a five million dollar gift to help it add a culturally authentic Korean language village to its seven other language villages near Bemidji. Concordia says the gift from luxury handbag producer Simone Corporation and CEO Kenny Park is the largest single donation ever in the 57-year history of Concordia language villages. Concordia language villages attracts more than 10,000 youth and adults annually from across the U.S. for its language and cultural immersion programs. The Korean village will join seven other villages near Bemidji that represent cultures speaking Finnish, French, German, Russian, Norwegian, Spanish and Swedish. Simone Corporation based in Seoul South Korea and Park says the U.S. accounts for 80 percent of its company's one billion dollars in annual sales. We'll have more on this for you in the coming days. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.