The first winners of the Sunhak Peace Prize were announced Monday June 8, 2015 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., by (left to right) academics Thomas G. Walsh, chairman of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation; Il-Sik Hong, chairman of the Sunhak Peace Prize Committee; and Man-Ho Kim, board member of the Sunhak Peace Prize Foundation. The winners — Kiribati President Anote Tong and Indian fisheries scientist M. V. Gupta — will both receive $500,000, a medal, certificate and a chance to present their activities to an audience of 1,000 world dignitaries on Aug. 28 in Seoul. (Cheryl Wetzstein/The Washington Times)
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