Chairman Seung Myung-ho of The Korea Times and the Hankook Ilbo, front row fifth from left, Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon, front row fourth from left, Korea University President Kim Dong-won, front row fifth from right, The Korea Times President-Publisher Oh Young-jin, second row fourth from left, and the Hankook Ilbo CEO Lee Sung-chul, second row first from right, pose with ambassadors and dignitaries during a reception before The Korea Times’ annual spring concert at Seoul Arts Center, Thursday. The 18th concert, co-hosted by the paper and its sister publication the Hankook Ilbo, was held to support Busan’s World Expo 2030 bid. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul