New Delhi, July 18 -- A delegation of special envoys led by South Korea's former Prime Minister Kim Boo Kyum on Friday visited the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat in the national capital and paid their respects to the Father of the Nation.

"It has been a great honour for us to be visiting Raj Ghat, the memorial in honour of the great Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the nation. It provided us with a valuable opportunity to pay tribute to Mahatma Gandhi ji and revisit his teachings and principles of non-violence and peace,"Kim Boo Kyum said.

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung had dispatched a team of special envoys to India, among several other countries to mark his administration's opening push to bolster both bilateral and multil...