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Seoul City offers honorary citizenship to ‘bridgebuilders’

2011.11.01

 

 

Seoul City will confer honorary citizen certificates to 16 people from a dozen countries for their contribution in developing the capital and promoting Korea’s culture around the world, officials said Thursday.

Among the beneficiaries is Benjamin Hughes, 46, an international arbitrations expert and Christopher Vaia, 65, a soldier-turned-“Bridgebuilder.”

A retired Sergeant Major for the U.S. Forces Korea, Vaia has been an important figure in bridging the gap between the U.S. and Korean communities here through his organization, Bridgebuilders 46. Vaia founded the international friendship fellowship organization to help others in need in honor of his Korean-American 13-year-old daughter who passed away in 1991.

 

 

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