Kwon re-elected president of HUFS Alumni Association

Kwon Soon-han

By Chung Hyun-chae

Kwon Soon-han, chairman of Soyee Product Inc., a medical devices producer, has been re-elected to a third term as president of the Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) Alumni Association.

The association said Monday that it re-elected Kwon as its 30th president by a unanimous vote during its general meeting at the Hotel President in downtown Seoul, Dec 28.

Kwon began his third consecutive term Monday.

“I will have an alumni hall completed within my term, which is our long-cherished ambition,” he said. “I also plan to launch a worldwide alumni association for HUFS.”

A groundbreaking ceremony for the alumni hall will take place in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, in March. The association expects that it will take one-and-a-half years to complete the construction of the building.

Kwon majored in Spanish and graduated from HUFS in 1970.

He then received a master’s degree in international trade from Sungkyunkwan University in 1974.

Kwon also finished the Global Leadership Program at Seoul National University and the Information and Communication Program at the Graduate School of Computer Science and Technology, Korea University, in 2002.

He served as the 16th president of the Korea Importers Association from 2004 to 2007 and as vice chairman of the Korea International Trade Association from 2006 to 2012.