Symposium on Korea-US alliance

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, seventh from left, Patriots and Veterans Affairs Minister Park Min-shik, eighth from left, and Ban Ki-moon, ninth from left, chairman of the Ban Ki-moon Foundation for a Better Future, pose with dignitaries during a symposium on the Korea-U.S. alliance held at Korea University campus in Seoul, Monday. The event, co-hosted by Ban's foundation and Korea University's Convergence Institute for National Unification, was held to mark the 70th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty signed between the two allies in 1953. Courtesy of Convergence Institute for National Unification