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2018 Seoul Peace Prize
October 26 , 2018
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- The Seoul Peace Prize Committee has decided to confer 2018 Seoul Peace Prize on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
- He is the fourteenth recipient of this award and it will be presented to him by the Seoul Peace Prize Foundation.
- It was awarded to him in recognition of his dedication for improving international cooperation, contributions to the growth of Indian and global economies.
- It also credited ‘Modinomics’ for reducing social and economic disparity between rich and poor.
Seoul Peace Prize
- It was established in 1990 to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, South Korea.
- It was established to crystallize Korean people’s yearning for peace on Korean Peninsula and in the rest of the world.
- It is awarded biennially to those individuals who have made their mark through contributions to harmony of mankind, reconciliation between nations and world peace.
- Past laureates include distinguished global personalities like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.
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