Peace Essay Contest winners
Jean Do
The Korea Times and the Northeast Asian History Foundation are proud to announce the 12 winners of the 2015 International Peace Essay Contest. The given topic for their essays was “How should we look back at history on the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II?”
Jean Do, a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Social Science, Sogang University, won the Gold Prize. She will receive 1.5 million won in prize money and a plaque. Mark Schulz, an English teacher at Hanmin High School in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, and Lee Dong-hui, a student at Pusan Foreign Language High School, each won the Silver Prize. They will receive 500,000 won in cash and a plaque.
Three people were selected as Bronze Prize winners. They are Kim Yoon, a student at the ISB(International School of Bangkok); Aimalynne Radores from Kyunghee University; and Hee Young Celine Tae, a student at North London Collegiate School Jeju. They will each be given 300,000 won in prize money with a plaque.
In addition, six notable entries were selected, submitted by Luke Chai, Koshiro Nagai, Joanne Tate, Kim Doh-hyoung, Kim Eun-jin, and Kim Eui-young. Each of them will receive a gift certificate worth 50,000 won. All winning essays will be published in The Korea Times, a booklet and an e-book.
The winners will be individually informed about the schedule for the award ceremony.