And goodwill to all

The 2018 Global Business & Peace Symposium and Awards kicks off Thursday at the Hilton Seoul Grand Hotel in Seodaemun District, western Seoul. Key participants including former Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, fourth from right, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, fifth from right, and Kim Sung-gon, secretary general of the National Assembly, fourth from left, pose for a photo ahead of the PyeongChang Paralympic Games, which begin today. The awards, first presented ahead of the Rio Paralympics in 2016, are presented by the Religious Freedom & Business Foundation to business leaders who have demonstrated leadership in promoting interfaith understanding and peace, including Ernst and Young’s U.K. Chairman Steve Varley, former Dell entrepreneur-in-residence Ingrid Vanderveldt and business leaders from South Korea who have worked to build positive ties with the North. [CHOI SEUNG-SIK]