Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, front row fifth from left, poses with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok, front row sixth from left, along with other dignitaries during a VIP session ahead of the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. In the front row from left are Indian Ambassador Amit Kumar, Italian Ambassador Emilia Gatto, Doosan Corp. President Moon Hong-sung, SK Supex Council Communication Committee President Lee Hyung-hee, Seung, Choi, Korea Federation of Banks Chairman Cho Yong-byoung, Saudi Arabian Ambassador Sami Alsadhan, S-Oil CEO Anwar Al-Hejazi, Philippine Ambassador Theresa Dizon-de Vega and Kuwaiti Ambassador Deyab Al-Rashidi. In the second row from left are KB Kookmin Bank Senior EVP Son Seog-ho, Kyung Hee University professor Chung Bum-jin, Kazakh Ambassador Nurgali Arystanov, Brazilian Ambassador Marcia Donner Abreu, Peruvian Ambassador Paul Fernando Duclos, General Insurance Association of Korea Chairman Lee Byung-rhae, Tunisian Ambassador Kais Darragi, Dominican Republic Ambassador Federico Cuello Camilo, Ukrainian Ambassador Dmytro Ponomarenko, Omani Ambassador Zakariya Al Saadi, Argentinian Ambassador Dario Celaya, Pakistani Ambassador Nabeel Munir and Czech Ambassador Ivan Jancarek. In the third row from left are Industrial Bank of Korea Head of Corporate & Investment Banking Group Choi Kawng-jin, Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung, Thai Ambassador Tanee Sangrat, Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, S-Oil President Ryu Yul, Chinese Deputy Ambassador Fang Kun, German Deputy Ambassador Jorn Beibert, Danish Ambassador Svend Olling and United Nations Global Compact Network Korea Executive Director Yoo Yeon-chul. In the last row from left are EcoPro Director Yang Je-heon, Chung-Ang University professor Jerng Dong-wook, Hankook Ilbo CEO Lee Sung-chul, Korea Eximbank CEO Yoon Hee-sung, RWE Renewables Country Manager David Jones, Ambassador of Luxembourg Jacques Flies, Georgian Ambassador Tarash Papaskua, Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry President and CEO Martin Henkelmann, Norwegian Ambassador Anne Ovind, Head of the Enviroment & Energy Research Institute at Kim & Chang Kim Sung-woo, University of Utah Asia Campus Chief Administrative Officer Gregory Hill, Jordanian Deputy Ambassador Anwar Al-Saleh and Uzbek Ambassador Alisher Abdusalomov. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

S-Oil CEO Anwar Al-Hejazi, left, shakes hands with Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho during a VIP session ahead of the Korea Times Forum titled "Powering the future: Korea's energy transition," at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Center left is S-Oil President Ryu Yul and center right is Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

SK Supex Council Communication Committee President Lee Hyung-hee, left, talks to Dominican Republic Ambassador to Korea Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo during a VIP session ahead of the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. At the center is Pakistani Ambassador Nabeel Munir. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Choi Sang-mok, right, speaks with Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho during the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Tunisian Ambassador to Korea Kais Darragi takes a photo of a presentation during the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Argentinian Ambassador Dario Celaya, second from right, talks to Dominican Republic Ambassador to Korea Federico Alberto Cuello Camilo during the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk

Czech Ambassador Ivan Jancarek delivers a special speech about the Korea-Czech nuclear alliance during the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Luxembourg Ambassador to Korea Jacques Flies, left, shakes hands with Korea Network of Women in Finance Chairperson Kim Sang-kyung during a VIP session ahead of the Korea Times Forum at the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry in central Seoul, Wednesday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul