Retired Adm. R.J. “Zap” Zlatoper, second from left, honorary consul of Slovenia and dean of the Consular Corps of Honolulu, talked with Korean Consul General Walter K. Paik, left, and honorary consuls Jeffrey D. Lau (Belgium), M. Jan Rumi (Morocco) and Nina Hamre Fasi (Norway) at the Consular Corps Inaugural Ball on Saturday at The Royal Hawaiian hotel. Lau, who served as dean in 2014, received the corps’ Distinguished Service Medal later in the evening.

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