
Dignitaries wearing masks pose during the 2020 Korea Times Forum at The Plaza Seoul, Thursday. From left are Hana Bank CEO Ji Sung-kyoo, Export-Import Bank of Korea CEO Bang Moon-kyu, Suhyup Bank CEO Lee Dong-bin, Korea Times Managing Editor Shim Jae-yun, McKinsey & Company Korea Managing Partner Choi Won-sik, Second Vice Minister of Economy and Finance An Il-whan, Lotte Corporation CEO Song Yong-dok, K bank CEO Lee Mun-whan, Indonesian Ambassador to South Korea Umar Hadi, KakaoBank CEO Yun Ho-young, EDGC CEO Shin Shang-cheol, Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming, Citibank Korea CEO Park Jin-hei, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairwoman Kim Sang-kyung, Korea Federation of Banks Chairman Kim Tae-young, Korea Times President and Publisher Oh Young-jin, AMCHAM Korea Chairman James Kim, NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Kim Gwang-soo, KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo, Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung, AMCHAM Korea Chairman of the Board Jeffrey Jones, POSCO Senior Executive Vice President Chung Chang-hwa, KAMCO CEO Moon Sung-yu, Kuwaiti Ambassador to South Korea Bader Mohammad Al-Awadi, KIC CEO Choi Hee-nam, Qatari Ambassador to South Korea Mohammed Ahmad Al-Hayki and Mexican Ambassador to South Korea Bruno Figueroa Fischer. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Korea Times President and Publisher Oh Young-jin, right, holds up his fist with AMCHAM Korea Board Chairman Jeffrey Jones, center, and AMCHAM Korea Chairman James Kim, to show support for the 2020 Korea Times Forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairwoman Kim Sang-kyung, left, speaks with Lotte Corporation CEO Song Yong-dok, right, and Standard Chartered Bank Korea CEO Park Jong-bok. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

McKinsey & Company Korea Managing Partner Choi Won-sik, left, is in a conversation with AMCHAM Korea Chairman James Kim, center, and Kuwaiti Ambassador to South Korea Bader Mohammad Ai-Awadi. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Second Vice Minister of Economy and Finance An Il-whan, center, listens to a speech. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Forum attendees listen to an opening speech delivered by Second Vice Minister of Economy and Finance An Il-whan. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Korea Times President and Publisher Oh Young-jin, second from right at the first table, and Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming, right, applaud a speaker with forum attendees. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Staff check the temperature of Citibank Korea CEO Park Jin-hei. On the left is KakaoBank CEO Yun Ho-young. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo, second from left, greets Korea Federation of Banks Chairman Kim Tae-young, right. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Xing Haiming, right, chats with Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

NongHyup Financial Group Chairman Kim Gwang-soo, left, Korea Federation of Banks Chairman Kim Tae-young, center, and KIC CEO Choi Hee-nam chat during a tea meeting prior to the start of the forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

KIC CEO Choi Hee-nam, left, Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung, second from left, Second Vice Minister of Economy and Finance An Il-whan, third from left, and KAMCO CEO Moon Sung-yu chat during a tea meeting prior to the start of the forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung looks at pages of The Korea Times. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul