Participants of the Korea Times Roundtable pose during a session in Seoul, Tuesday. From left are Jeffrey Jones, chairman of Ronald McDonald House Charities Korea; violinist Han Soo-jin; Gregory Hill, chief administrative officer of the University of Utah Asia Campus; Ivan Jancarek, Czech ambassador to Korea; Lee Young-hoon, senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church; Emilia Gatto, Italian ambassador to Korea; Georg Wilfried Schmidt, German ambassador to Korea; Kim Hyo-jun, former chairman of BMW Korea; and Oh Young-jin, president and publisher of The Korea Times. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul
Experts and religious leaders gathered for a Korea Times Roundtable on Tuesday, emphasizing the urgent need for dialogue and mutual respect as essential foundations for achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula.
At the event held in Seoul, participants discussed South Korea’s role in global peacemaking, shifting generational attitudes toward North Korea and recent incidents that have exposed social divisions.
Lee Young-hoon, senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church, opened the discussion by describing peace as a shared global responsibility that requires persistent communication across borders.
