The Order of Diplomatic Service Merit (Korean: 수교훈장) is one of South Korea's orders of merit. It is awarded by the President of South Korea for "outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies."[1] It is a relatively rare honor, being usually awarded to a handful of people every year[citation needed], and is one of the highest civilian awards of South Korea.[2][better source needed]
| Order of Diplomatic Service Merit | |
|---|---|
 Grand Gwanghwa Medal | |
Awarded by  South Korea | |
| Type | Order of merit |
| Established | 1963 |
| Eligibility |
|
| Awarded for | Outstanding meritorious services in the interest of enhancing national prestige and promoting amity with allies. |
| Status | Active |
| Grades | Grand Gwanghwa Medal/Gwanghwa Medal Heungin Medal Sungnye Medal Changui Medal Sukjeong Medal |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Grand Order of Mugunghwa |
| Related | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 수교훈장 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 修交勳章 |
| Revised Romanization | Sugyohunjang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sugyohunjang |
Grades
editThe Order of Diplomatic Service Merit is divided into 5 grades. The first grade has two classes; the higher class is reserved for the most high-ranking diplomats.[3]
| Grade | Name | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | Grand Gwanghwa Medal (광화대장) |  |
| Gwanghwa Medal (광화장) |  | |
| 2nd | Heungin Medal (흥인장) |  |
| 3rd | Sungnye Medal (숭례장) |  |
| 4th | Changui Medal (창의장) |  |
| 5th | Sukjeong Medal (숙정장) |  |
Recipients
edit- David Manker Abshire, former Ambassador to NATO, United States
- Georges Arsenijevic, technical advisor, Korean Cultural Center, France
- Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO, Bulgaria
- Pengiran Muda Mohamed Bolkiah, Prince of Brunei
- Pengiran Muda Jefri Bolkiah, Member of the Bruneian Royal Family
- Sam Brownback, former US Senator from Kansas, current Governor of the State of Kansas, United States
- Fredrick Chien, Director-General of the Government Information Office, R.O.C., Taiwan
- Barry Devolin, MP, Canada
- Gyanendra, King of Nepal (then Prince of Nepal)
- Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
- Queen Silvia of Sweden
- Queen Sonja of Norway
- Queen Letizia of Spain
- Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
- Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, Prime Minister, Pakistan
- Henry Hyde, Congressman, United States
- Lee Khoon Choy, MP and Ambassador, Singapore
- Darell Leiking, MP and former Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia
- Joe Lieberman, Senator, United States
- Pin Malakul, Minister of Education and Culture, Thailand
- Kamisese Mara, Prime Minister, Fiji
- Zoila Martínez, Ambassador to South Korea, Dominican Republic
- Alois Mock, Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister, Austria
- Khaldoon Al Mubarak, Chairman of the Executive Affairs Authority, United Arab Emirates
- Nguyễn Bá Lương, Speaker of South Vietnam's House of Representatives[4]
- Anand Panyarachun, Thailand
- Bernhard Paus, humanitarian, Norway
- Abu Saleh Mohammad Mustafizur Rahman, MP and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh
- Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Prime Minister, Denmark
- Ryoichi Sasakawa, MP and industrialist, Japan
- Edward Seaga, Prime Minister, Jamaica
- Vajiralongkorn, King of Thailand (then Crown Prince of Thailand)
- Sirindhorn, Princess Royal of Thailand
- Pramarn Adireksarn, former Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand[5]
- Prem Tinsulanonda, former Prime Minister of Thailand
- Venu Srinivasan, industrialist, India
- Sergei Stepashin, Prime Minister, Russia
- James Van Fleet, Army General, United States
- Tengku Intan Zaharah, Queen consort of Malaysia
- Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia
- Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Speaker of the Regional Representative Council of Indonesia
- Thomas Lembong, Minister of Trade of Indonesia
- Hatta Rajasa, Coordinating Ministers for the Economy of Indonesia
- Widodo Budidarmo, Chief of the Indonesian National Police
- L. B. Moerdani, Commander of the Indonesian National Armed Forces
- Sudharmono, Vice President of Indonesia
- Mahathir Mohamad, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister of Malaysia
- Sultanah Zanariah Queen Consort of Malaysia
- Amb. Anne Höglund, former ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden.[6]
- Park Hang-seo, head coach of the Vietnam national team.[7]
- Pham Binh Minh, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
- Dato Lim Jock, ASEAN General Secretary[8]
- Trần Văn Túy, Chairman of the Vietnam - Korea Parliamentary Friendship Group[9]
- Frédéric Jenny, chairman, OECD Competition Committee
- Agata Kornhauser-Duda, First Lady of Poland
- Admiral Harry B. Harris Jr., Ambassador of the U.S. to South Korea, 2018-2021
- Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency[10]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Awards and Decorations Act (11690). March 23, 2013.(in English and Korean) Korea Legislation Research Institute. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "GGGI Chair Rasmussen Receives Diplomatic Medal from Outgoing Korean President Lee". Global Green Growth Institute. 2013-02-25. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "훈장과 포장" [Orders and Medals]. Decorations of the Republic of Korea (in Korean). Ministry of Interior and Safety. 2015. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
- ^ "Who's who in Vietnam".
- ^ ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานพระบรมราชานุญาตประดับเครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์ต่างประเทศ, เล่ม ๙๘ ตอนที่ ๑๐๕ ง ฉบับพิเศษ หน้า ๑๘, ๑ กรกฎาคม ๒๕๒๔
- ^ "Award ceremony of the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit, Gwanghwa to Amb. Anne Höglund : Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea". Korea.net. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "Chủ tịch nước Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Chính phủ Hàn Quốc trao huân chương cho ông Park" [President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Government of the Republic of Korea award the medal to Mr. Park Hang-seo]. Báo Thanh Niên (in Vietnamese). 2022-12-03. Retrieved 2022-12-04.
- ^ "Tổng Thư ký ASEAN nhận Huân chương Gwanghwa của Hàn Quốc". VOV.VN (in Vietnamese). 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "Ông Trần Văn Túy được Hàn Quốc tặng Huân chương Quang Hoa". kinhtedautu.com (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ Jae-yeon, Woo (2 September 2024). "President Yoon, IEA's Birol discuss global clean energy collaboration".
External links
edit- Images of the Order of Service Merit (in Korean with some English)