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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row sixth from left, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang, fifth from left, and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, seventh from left, applaud during a VIP session prior to the 2022 Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) building in Seoul, Tuesday. From left in the front row are German Ambassador Michael Reiffenstuel, Lotte Corp. Vice Chairman Song Yong-dok, Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung, KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo, Lee, Seung, Oh, Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, Hana Financial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo and S-Oil CEO Hussain A. Al-Qahtani. From left in the second row are Italian Ambassador Federico Failla, Citibank Korea CEO Yoo Myung-soon, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung, AMCHAM Chairman James Kim, ECCK Chairperson Dirk Lukat, University of Utah Asia Campus Chief Administrative Officer Gregory Hill, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Sami M. Alsadhan, Korea Investment Corp. CEO Jin Seung-ho, Korea Exchange Chairman Sohn Byung-doo, S-Oil President Ryu Yul and George Mason University Korea Campus Dean Robert Matz. From left in the third row are Israeli Ambassador Akiva Tor, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration President Han Sang-man, Kim & Chang Managing Partner Chung Kye-sung, McKinsey & Company Partner Pooya Nikooyeh, Philippine Ambassador Maria Theresa Dizon-De Vega, McKinsey & Company Partner Choi Seung-hyuk, McKinsey & Company Partner Park Joong-ho and Hanwha Group President Lee Tae-kil. From left in the fourth row are Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, MBK Partners CEO Kim Kwang-il and KGCCI President Martin Henkelmann. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, center, speaks with Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, right, and Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang, left, following the VIP session. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row right, and Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang, front row left, along with other prestigious guests listen to a speech during the forum. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, right, speaks to S-Oil CEO Hussain A. Al-Qahtani during the VIP session. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Shinhan Financial Group Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, center, and Hana Finanacial Group Chairman Ham Young-joo, left, talk with McKinsey & Company Partner Park Joong-ho during the VIP session. Korea Times photo By Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho gives a welcome speech at the forum. |
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| Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon gives a congratulatory speech at the forum. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang gives an opening speech at the forum. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho greets KB Financial Group Chairman Yoon Jong-kyoo during the VIP session. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, right, shakes hands with Woori Financial Group Chairman Son Tae-seung during the VIP session. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| British Chamber of Commerce in Korea (BCCK) Executive Director Lucinda Walker asks a question during a Q&A session. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Lee Chang-yang reads The Korea Times at the forum. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| McKinsey & Company Partner Choi Seung-hyuk gives a speech on net zero transition at the forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| McKinsey & Company Partner Pooya Nikooyeh gives a speech on "Korea's Digital Imperative" at the forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| European Chamber of Commerce in Korea (ECCK) Chairperson Dirk Lukat, right, speaks on how Korea could become a global business hub during a panel discussion session. From right, Lukat, Korean Academic Society of Business Administration President Han Sang-man, AMCHAM Chairman James Kim, KCCI Vice Chairman Woo Tae-hee and McKinsey & Company Partner Park Joong-ho. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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| Israeli Ambassador Akiva Tor reads The Korea Times at the forum. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul |
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