Honorary doctorate

French Minister of Culture and Communication Fleur Pellerin, left, poses with Sookmyung Women’s University President Hwang Sun-hye after receiving an honorary doctorate on the school’s campus in Seoul, Thursday. The university said it recognized her leadership in French society as the European country’s first Korean-born minister. Pellerin was adopted by a French family in 1973, six months after her birth. She is visiting Korea to attend the Busan International Film Festival and other cultural events in celebration of the 130th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries. / Yonhap