Lee In-jung to Chair Asian Alpine Federation
The Korean Alpine Federation said Monday its Chairman Lee In-jung has been elected as chairman of the Union of Asian Alpine Association (UAAA).
On the second day of its annual conference held Oct. 23 to 25 in Hong Kong, the board members of the Asian climbers' association unanimously elected Lee to the post for a two-year term.
"I will do the utmost to make sports climbing a demonstrative sport for the 14th Incheon Asian Games," Lee said in a statement.
The representatives from Japan, Korea, China, India, Pakistan and Singapore, and more than 25 nations also formed a new working committee. Incepted in 1994, the UAAA has 21 members.
Born in 1945, Lee graduated from Dongguk University and obtained a doctorate degree in business management at the University of Incheon.