Seoul awards honorary citizenship to Berggruen
发布时间:2024-09-22 00:56:23 作者:玩站小弟 我要评论
The city of Seoul awarded honorary citizenship to 17 foreigners including "the homeless billionaire"
。
The city of Seoul awarded honorary citizenship to 17 foreigners including "the homeless billionaire" Nicolas Berggruen on Wednesday in recognition of their contributions to the metropolis.
Berggruen, a philanthropist and investor who is known by the nickname because he lives in hotels without owning a house, was one of the awardees of the honorary citizenship of Seoul, the city government said.
Berggruen has served as an advisor for the Seoul city's governance and urban reform through cooperation between the city and the Berggruen Institute, which he founded, the city said.
The recipients include Helene Lebrun, a former French literature professor at Sogang University in Seoul, who translated deceased female author Park Wan-seo's works into French.
She was given the Order of the Legion of Honor (la Legion d'Honneur) from the French government last year for her contributions to enhancing Seoul-Paris exchanges in the education and culture sectors.
The winners also include Zhou Yu Bo, the head of People's Daily Online Korea, who wrote a host of news stories on the South Korean capital as well as Martin Hemmert, a professor at Korea University who published "Tiger Management" in complement to the competitiveness of Korean-style corporate management.
About 150 guests including foreign envoys attended the awards ceremony held in central Seoul earlier in the day.
About 740 foreigners from 92 overseas countries, including Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and the author of the best-selling book "Justice," Michael Sandel, have so far been granted the honorary citizenship. (Yonhap)
Berggruen, a philanthropist and investor who is known by the nickname because he lives in hotels without owning a house, was one of the awardees of the honorary citizenship of Seoul, the city government said.
Berggruen has served as an advisor for the Seoul city's governance and urban reform through cooperation between the city and the Berggruen Institute, which he founded, the city said.
The recipients include Helene Lebrun, a former French literature professor at Sogang University in Seoul, who translated deceased female author Park Wan-seo's works into French.
She was given the Order of the Legion of Honor (la Legion d'Honneur) from the French government last year for her contributions to enhancing Seoul-Paris exchanges in the education and culture sectors.
The winners also include Zhou Yu Bo, the head of People's Daily Online Korea, who wrote a host of news stories on the South Korean capital as well as Martin Hemmert, a professor at Korea University who published "Tiger Management" in complement to the competitiveness of Korean-style corporate management.
About 150 guests including foreign envoys attended the awards ceremony held in central Seoul earlier in the day.
About 740 foreigners from 92 overseas countries, including Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan and the author of the best-selling book "Justice," Michael Sandel, have so far been granted the honorary citizenship. (Yonhap)
相关文章
Listeners encouraged to go wild with Le Sserafim's 4th EP
K-pop girl group Le Sserafim performs "Crazy," the title track of its fourth EP of the same name, du2024-09-22- 近几年,我市打造了一批重点亮点城市公园项目,力争在城市建设中做好“山水文章”。其中,升级改造后的张家山公园,空间更大、绿化更多,如今已成为游客们流连忘返的休闲胜地;坐落于青衣江畔的桃花岛公园,在水清岸2024-09-22
The Angle: Supreme Court forfeiture, Bernie Sanders, movie censorship.
Popular in News & Politics Seriously, Congress Has Been Even More Em2024-09-2221 College and University Museums
University campuses have no shortage of knowledge—from eclectic libraries filled to the brim with ra2024-09-22Nadal back in training after injury layoff
MADRID:Rafael Nadal returned to training on Monday following a four-week rib injury layoff, with jus2024-09-22
最新评论