During a recent business trip, I met an astonishing people, women and men who want to believe in a future of peace despite the danger so close.

A proud people who are eager to learn in order to go further. The calm of the streets of Insadong, where sitting cross-legged in front of Mandus and a bowl of Kimchi, wandering through the gardens of Deoksugung Palace, one almost forgets that Seoul is a real Asian capital, so reassuring is the pace of this city, almost provincial, a beautiful sleepy one with such a sharp look and such a sweet smile...