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The Korea Times seeks cooperation with International Press Club of Uzbekistan
The Korea Times' CEO & Publisher Oh Young-jin, top left, participates in a video conference meeting with the International Press Club of Uzbekistan, top right, chaired by the Uzbek Embassy in Seoul, April 22. Captured from Zoom
By Kwon Mee-yoo
By Kwon Mee-yoo
The Korea Times is seeking to expand its network in Uzbekistan through the Uzbek nongovernmental organization, the International Press Club (IPC).
IPC Chairman Sherzodkhon Kudratkhodja held a video conference meeting with Korea Times CEO & Publisher Oh Young-jin to discuss cooperation between the media of the two countries last week.
"The purpose of this virtual meeting is to establish cooperation between the two leading media outlets, to acquaint the people of Uzbekistan and South Korea with the latest developments in the two countries, and to establish cooperation with other local media through the IPC," the IPC said during the April 22 conference call.
“Uzbekistan and South Korea are time-tested partners. Our relations have risen to the status of a separate strategic partnership. In this sense, we are also interested in developing cooperation between the media of the two countries.”
The Korea Times CEO emphasized the importance of the relationship between Korea and Uzbekistan.
“Our country's New Northern Policy is oriented towards reaching out to many countries, and Uzbekistan is a big country in the Central Asian region. I think there is every reason for the two countries to establish a good relationship with each other,” Oh said.
“The Korea Times is a bridge between Korea and the rest of the world. We are in the process of creating a coalition with media outlets from the rest of the world ― Central Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The reason why we started building this coalition is none other than bringing the whole world closer together and helping countries understand each other better.”
With the aim of increasing the number of readers and collaborating with media outlets in Uzbekistan, the IPC will provide information on the political and economic life of Uzbekistan for The Korea Times, while publishing articles from The Korea Times on the IPC's website and social media.
"We are ready to regularly provide news, events and information about Uzbekistan to The Korea Times as part of live sessions of the press club," Kudratkhodja said.
Kudratkhodja also serves as a rector at the Journalism and Mass Communication University of Uzbekistan, and is looking to sign a memorandum of cooperation between the college and The Korea Times. He hopes to boost exchanges between students of the university and The Korea Times through an internship program and online master classes.