The Korea Times and the Northeast Asia History Foundation are proud to announce the 12 winners, including six foreigners, of the Essay Contest in Honor of Patriot Ahn Jung-geun.
, a British national but working in Seoul, has been chosen as winner of the Gold Prize in the division of foreigners.
The highest honor in the division of Koreans went to
, a student of Suwon Cheon Cheon Middle School.
Each of them will receive 1 million won in prize money and a plaque.
The Northeast Asia History Foundation and The Korea Times jointly organized the contest to mark the 100th anniversary of the assassination of the first Japanese Resident-General Hirobumi Ito by independence fighter Ahn (1879-1010), which falls on Oct. 26.
, an American student at Yonsei University, and
, a Canadian consultant for an online game company in Korea, were selected to share the Silver Prize in the foreigners' category.
The Silver Prize in the Koreans' division went to
, a student of Ewha Womans University, and
, a student at Kyung Hee University. They will be given 300,000 won and a plaque.
Three people were selected as winners of the Bronze Prize in each division. They are
, a Canadian medical doctor in Donghae, Gangwon Province;
, an exchange student at Daejeon University from Gadjah Mada University in Indonesia; and
, a teacher at Icheon UNESCO Global Peace Village.
The other Bronze winners are
, a student at the Hanyoung Foreign Language High School;
, a freelance translator; and
, a student of Daewon Foreign Language High School.
The winners will be individually informed of details of the award ceremony which will be held at a conference room of the history foundation in Seoul, at 11 a.m. Nov. 3.
They were chosen from among 1,134 applicants ― 581 Koreans and 553 people from the United States, Canada, Egypt, Russia, Laos, South Africa, Uganda, Bhutan, Finland, Uzbekistan, Malaysia and other countries.