Choi Yong-seok, Vice Chairman of Golden Blue, Elected President of Busan Korea-Japan Friendship Association

Extensive Experience as a Private Diplomat
"Leading the Promotion of Bilateral Friendship and Economic Development"

Golden Blue announced on the 11th that Choi Yong-seok, Vice Chairman of Golden Blue, was elected as the 8th president at the extraordinary general meeting held on the 9th at the Busan Korea-Japan Friendship Association Secretariat.

Choi Yong-seok, Vice Chairman of Golden Blue, Elected as the 8th President of the Busan Korea-Japan Friendship Association
[Photo by Golden Blue]

The Korea-Japan Friendship Association was established in 1972 based on the Korea-Japan Basic Treaty to promote friendship through exchanges between the peoples of the two countries, enhance mutual understanding and cooperation, and contribute to peace and prosperity between the two nations.

In particular, since its establishment in 1981, the Busan Korea-Japan Friendship Association has formed sisterhood ties with numerous Japan-Korea friendship associations in Fukuoka, Yamaguchi, Shimane, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and Hokkaido (Sapporo), leading efforts to improve cooperative and friendly relations between Korea and Japan.

Vice Chairman Choi is the eldest son of Choi Jeong-hwan, who served as the 3rd president of this association, and is currently demonstrating his capabilities as an entrepreneur for the growth of Golden Blue and the development of the domestic liquor market. In 1999, he became the first Korean to serve as the 54th World President of the International Junior Chamber (JCI), marking the first Korean to lead a global civil organization.

Vice Chairman Choi stated, "I am pleased to be able to work together with the Busan Korea-Japan Friendship Association to elevate the status of South Korea beyond Busan," and added, "Based on the international exchange experience I have acquired so far, I will take the lead in promoting friendship and prosperity between the two countries through strengthening goodwill at the private sector level."