Top honor from France

Cho Yang-ho, right, chairman of Hanjin Group, makes a toast with French President Francois Hollande after receiving the Legion d’Honneur Grand Officier medal, one of France’s highest civilian honors, at a special ceremony at the Grand Hyatt Seoul Hotel, Seoul, Wednesday. The French government recognized Cho’s contribution to business exchanges between the two countries. He serves as the chairman of the Korean organizing committee for France-Korea Year 2015-2016. Cho’s late father, group founder Cho Choong-hoon, also received the medal in 1990. / Courtesy of Korean Air