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| The Korea Times and the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) announced the winners of the Korea Times-APLN Essay Contest 2021, Tuesday. They are, from left, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Aware winner Philip Chennery, The Korea Times Award winner Lee Sang-ou, and Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Award winner Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback. Courtesy of Philip Chennery, Lee Sang-ou, Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback |
The Korea Times is pleased to announce the winners of the Korea Times-Asia-Pacific Leadership Network for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament (APLN) Essay Contest 2021 for graduate and undergraduate students writing on the theme of "Youth, Disarmament and Peace in the Asia-Pacific Region."
Philip Chennery, a graduate student at SOAS University of London, won the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Award. Lee Sang-ou, a student at Korea National Open University, won The Korea Times Award, while Miriam Astrid Machado Rieback, a graduate student at Korea University, won The Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Award. Chennery will receive 2 million won and an award plaque, and Lee and Rieback will each receive 1 million won and a plaque.
Three others received honorable mentions: Lee Yoon-ki from Hanyang University, Jamie Withorne from the University of Oslo and Dustin Edward Hinkley from American University. They will each receive 500,000 won and a plaque.
The awards will be given out in a ceremony at The Korea Times office in Seoul, Nov. 26, with the winners who are overseas participating online. Their essays will be published in The Korea Times and on the APLN website that day.
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