Kyung Hee Foundation to hold Peace Concert marking PBF and Miwon Peace Prize ceremonies
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- The Kyung Hee Foundation plans to hold a Peace Concert on the 21st at Kyung Hee University's Peace Hall.
- The performance will mark the 2026 Peace BAR Festival and the second Miwon Peace Prize ceremony.
- The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which has warned of nuclear and existential threats since 1945, will receive this year's prize.
The Kyung Hee Foundation will stage a Peace Concert on the 21st at Kyung Hee University's Peace Hall, bringing music and theater together to mark two peace-focused events.
The performance will commemorate the 2026 Peace BAR Festival and the second Miwon Peace Prize ceremony. The Peace BAR Festival is an annual international academic event created around the United Nations' World Peace Day and year, following a proposal by Kyung Hee Foundation founder Cho Young-sik.
This year's festival will explore the theme “Peace or Collapse: Toward a Civilizational Aesthetics of Planetary Society.” Its program will include a World Peace Day ceremony, discussions and conversations focused on finding new paths to peace amid multiple civilizational crises.
The Miwon Peace Prize honors Cho's ideas about peace and recognizes individuals or institutions that contribute to peace in planetary society. This year's recipient is the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, founded in 1945 and known for warning about nuclear threats and other existential risks.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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