Dear Korea CQ members,

I hope you are having a great day.

On November 26, Korea CQ Winter Welcoming Alumni Gathering was held in the Namsan Ⅲ Room at the Grand Hyatt Seoul.

CQ members dressed in Red and White, the dress code of the evening, arrived on time and had time to catch up with each other.

The gathering started with a welcoming speech by President Choi Jungwha.

Then, participants watched a short video clip, “2018 CICI Activities” so that members could look back at the enjoyable memories and see what CICI supporters and Korea CQ members did to promote Korean culture to the world.

We then commenced the award ceremony to recognize those who passionately participated in and supported Korea CQ forums and CICI's activities.

H.E. Bader Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Awadi, Kuwaiti Ambassador was awarded the Korea CQ Corporation Award. Young ha go, CEO of AMC Asia and Joseph Young, Representative Director of Bureau Veritas Korea was awarded the Korea CQ Alumni award. Congratulations to all of the awardees.

Next, H.E. Bader Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Awadi, Kuwaiti Ambassador, H.E. Mozes Csoma, Hungarian Ambassador, H.E. Michael Danagher, Canadian Ambassador, and H.E. Philip Turner, New Zealand Ambassador, gave toasts and the dinner began.

Members had a very pleasant dinner that Grand Hyatt Seoul had prepared for the evening. 

We then shared good news of our CQ Member’s and CICI supporters and congratulated each other’s wonderful news.

Through the quiz night, we could feel the members’ passion towards Korea CQ Forums and their affection for culture. After the heated rounds, Ms. Haewon Park, CEO of CHABIO F&C, was the winner of the quiz night.

Following the Quiz Night, participants played “Guess what’s behind the puzzle” game where each team had to guess what the given image behind the puzzle is. Members were separated by tables into six teams, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Purple, and Pink and participated in the game very passionately. After the heated rounds, Ms. Haewon Park’s Yellow Team won the “Guess what’s behind the puzzle!” game.

Next, participants played the “Charades”game. Mr. Joseph Young’s Green Team won the game by a landslide showing perfect teamwork and getting all the images right.

The Yellow and Green team that won the game were given “100billion Lactobacilli Makgeolli” sponsored by Mr. Sang Min Bae, Director of Kooksoondang Sales Division as reward.

The best dressers of the day were Professor Sung Ju Lee and H.E. Michael Danagher, Canadian Ambassador who fit perfect with the Red and White dress code.

Lastly, participants had lucky draw time. Congratulations to all the winners.

CICI would like to show gratitude to Yong Gwan Kim, CEO of Mast Media, Julia Moon, President of Universal Ballet Company, Yann Le Bourdon President& executive director of Loreal Korea, Stephanie Lo, CEO of Kl Limited, Vivian Han, CEO of Kongdu, Sumi Jang, CEO of By Sumi, Didier Beltoise, CEO of Cs, for sponsoring lucky draw items, H.E. Bader Mohammad Ibrahim Al-Awadi, Kuwaiti Ambassador, for kindly donating his CQ Award Prize for lucky draw, and Sang Min Bae, Director of Kooksoondang Sales Division, for preparing “100billion Lactobacilli Makgeolli” for our members. 

We also thank Seon Hee Kim, CEO of Maeil Dairies, and Sang Hyun Lee, President of Taein, for sponsoring Maeil 'Selects' protein bar and West End & Co. Barber Shop vouchers for all participants. 

Last but not least, we would like to thank all Korea CQ members and CICI supporters for your participation, and Ms. Crystal Park for her interpretation.

Thank you once again for your participation and we look forward to your continuous support for Korea CQ and CICI.

Please contact CICI bureau (02-424-0049) if you are interested in Korea CQ and would like to recommend your friends-associates.

Best wishes,

Korea CQ Alumni

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