Goodwill Cooperation Service International holds board of directors meeting for 2021

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Goodwill Cooperation Service International holds board of directors meeting for 2021

Posted : 2021-01-22 17:10

Updated : 2021-01-25 15:28

The 2021 GCS International's board of directors meeting was held Jan. 21 at the organization's headquarters in Seoul's Jongno District, and saw four board members reappointed to serve for another three years. They include GCS International President Choue Chung-won, third from left, and The Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho, fourth from left. Courtesy of GCS International

By Ko Dong-hwan

Global philanthropic campaigner Goodwill Cooperation Service International's board of directors meeting for this year was held at the organization's headquarters in Seoul's Jongno District, Jan 21.

GCS International President Choue Chung-won said in the meeting's opening remarks that 2021 marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the U.N. International Day of Peace, and the organization plans to organize several commemorative events.

Choue, also the president of World Taekwondo, said the projected taekwondo-Korean language online training program for GCS International's member countries will greatly help the club. Secretary-General Kang Seok-jae said the organization will launch the program this year, together with the Asia Development Foundation and the King Sejong Institute Foundation.

"I hope that the number of GCS national chapters to increase to more than 100 by October this year, when the 2021 GCS International Convention takes place in Wuxi, China," Choue said.

Kang also mentioned the organization's aims to increase the number of member countries from 58 to 100 by October; and Selma Li, president of GCS International Portland in the United States who joined the meeting online, said he will add 15 more Pan American countries this year.

Other major GCS International events for 2021 are an international world peace concert in Seoul, Sept. 10; a DMZ Peace Festival in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, June 5, together with the Kookmin Daily newspaper; and a peace concert in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, May 26 to commemorate the centenary of the birth of GCS founder Choue Young-seek.

The meeting participants also confirmed the reappointment of four board members of GCS International for three more years, including Choue and The Korea Times Chairman Seung Myung-ho.

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