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Hosting a summit of the heads of 19 economically powerful nations and the European Union (EU) November last year was a historic moment for South Korea.
Korea was the first non-G7 nation to chair the G20 summit, so was determined to put on the best show.
The government officials had been conducting endless negotiations in advance to help the leaders smoothly reach an agreement at the two-day summit.
At the same time, Korean citizens put nationwide efforts to leave a good impression on the VIP guests, enduring traffic jams and tougher surveillance and even refraining from disposing foul-smelling …
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