PHOTOS Recipients of Local Diplomacy Awards

Recipients of the Foreign Minister Award pose during a ceremony at the Korea Local Diplomacy Forum in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Tuesday. From left are Um Jin-young, an official with the foreign ministry's youth and local diplomacy team; Seo Bin, director-general for public diplomacy at the ministry, who presented the award; and Lee Myung-kee, an official at the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea, who accepted the award on behalf of Park Gyun-ha, deputy consul general at the Korean Consulate General in Sydney. Korea Times photo by Choi Joo-yeon

Recipients of the Interior Minister Award pose during a ceremony at the Korea Local Diplomacy Forum in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Tuesday. From left are Kim Bo-ha, an official at Daegu Metropolitan Government; Kang So-myung, an official at Gwangju Metropolitan Government; Son Eun-kyung, an official at Gimhae City Government; Interior Vice Minister Kim Min-jae, who presented the awards; Lee Myung-kee, an official at the Governors Association of the Republic of Korea; Lee Ye-ji, an official at Busan Technopark; and Kim Yun-hee, an official at Daejeon Metropolitan Government. Korea Times photo by Choi Joo-yeon