PHOTOS Forum navigates past, present, future of Korea-US alliance

Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row fifth from right, Second Vice Foreign Minister Lee Do-hoon, front row fifth from left, and Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul, front row fourth from left, pose with distinguished guests before the beginning of the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” held at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. From left in the first row are Citibank Korea CEO Yoo Myung-soon, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung, Hana Financial Group Chairperson Ham Young-joo, Shin, Lee, Seung, Yoido Full Gospel Church Senior Pastor Lee Young-hoon, KB Financial Group Chairperson Yoon Jong-kyoo, Yonsei University Chinese studies professor John Delury and George Mason University Korea Dean Robert Matz. From left in the second row are Asan Institute for Policy Studies research fellow Go Myong-hyun, Israeli Ambassador Akiva Tor, Qatari Ambassador Khalid bin Ebrahim Al-Hamar, Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, Kuwaiti Ambassador Deyab Al-Rashidi, Brazilian Ambassador Marcia Donner Abreu, Philippine Ambassador Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega, Indonesian Ambassador Gandi Sulistiyanto, retired Korean Army Lt. General Chun In-bum, S-Oil President Ryu Yeol, Korea Investment Corp. CEO Jin Seung-ho and Swiss Ambassador Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli. From left in third row are Uruguayan Ambassador Pablo Scheiner, Chilean Ambassador Mathias Francke, Croatian Ambassador Damir Kusen, The Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, Guatemalan Ambassador Sara Solis Castaneda, Embassy of Peru Minister Juan Jose Plasencia, Woori Financial Group Deputy President Jang Gwang-ik, The Hankook Ilbo CEO Lee Sung-chul, Cambodian Ambassador Chring Botum Rangsay, Belarusian Ambassador Andrew Chernetsky, Embassy of Greece Counsellor Konstantinos Daskalopoulos and Seoul National University international politics professor Lee Geun. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Second Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Lee Do-hoon, left, talks with Swiss Ambassador to Korea Dagmar Schmidt Tartagli, center, and Brazilian Ambassador to Korea Marcia Donner Abreu during the VIP session of the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Vice Minister of National Defense Shin Beom-chul, right, talks with Chun In-bum, center, retired Korean Army Lt. general and former commander of the Special Warfare Command, and Seoul National University Graduate School of International Studies professor Lee Geun during the VIP session of the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

The audience applauds as Chairman Seung Myung-ho of The Korea Times and The Hankook Ilbo, standing, welcomes participants to the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Ukrainian Ambassador to Korea Dmytro Ponomarenko, left, speaks to Lee Young-hoon, the senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church, during the VIP session of the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Jin Ok-dong listens to a keynote speech during the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Chairman Seung Myung-ho of The Korea Times and The Hankook Ilbo delivers the opening remarks of the 2023 Korea Times Forum themed “Korea-U.S. Alliance: Security & Space Cooperation” at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Tuesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk