Promoting Korea

Members of the 5.4 Club, a non-profit cultural/tourism promotion body, pose after a meeting, Wednesday at the Raum event center in Yeoksam-dong, southern Seoul. Choi Jung-wha, third from left in front row, and Didier Beltoise, right in the front row, are co-founders of the club. From left in front row are Yun Yuh-soon, president of the LG Arts Center; Shim Jay-hyuk , vice chairman of Taekwang Industrial Company; Choi; Seo Yu-jin, president of Seoul Museum; Lee Hye-soon, president of Damyeon; and Beltoise. From left in the second row are Park Moo-jong, president-publisher of The Korea Times; Lucia Cho, president of Bicena; Choe Yong-won, chairman of Club Octagon; Lim Hyang-ok, professor of Hankuk University of Foreign Studies; Lim Jae-su, managing director of Almas Caviar; and Nils-Arne Schroeder, general manager of Conrad Seoul. From left in the third row are David-Pierre Jalicon, publisher of Coree Affaire; Kim Yong-kwan, president of Mast Entertainment; and Lee Jai-wook, an attorney at Yulchon. The members unveiled the club’s website and discussed ways to collaborate between the 5.4 Club and the Culture and Communication Forum 2013 that will be held from Sept. 1 to 3. / Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul