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Event
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District 3650 Governor Inauguaration on July 1
- When: July 1(Wednesday), 18:30
- Where: Grand Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Seoul
Seoul Rotary President Inauguration on July 8
- When: July 8(Wednesday), 12:30
- Where: Namsanroom 3, Grand Hyatt Seoul
Weekly Meeting on July 15, 12:30 pm at Grand Ballroom 3, Grand Hyatt Seoul
- Speaker: Mr. Mark Russell,
- Topic: 'Korean Pop Culture'
No Weekly Meeting on July 22
Summer Vacation
Weekly Meeting on July 29, 12:30 pm at Namsan Room 3, Grand Hyatt Seoul
- Speaker: Mr. John Cunningham
- Topic: 'Nonviolent Communication'
2009-07-02 16:10:45
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Previous Meeting Note
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June 10, 2009
1. Governor Song-Hyon proposed a W 3,000 fine to those who failed invite three guests.
2. Rtn. Soon voluntarily paid a W 30,000 fine for three absences.
3. Governor Song-Hyon proposed a W 5,000 fine to anybody who went to Dankook University, a W 2,000 fine to anybody whose children went to Dankook University and a W 1,000 fine to anybody who had ever heard of Dankook University.
4. Rtn. Andy voluntarily paid a W 10,000 fine for his summer travel.
5. At the Assembly meeting, June 17, Rtn. C. H. voluntarily paid a W 30,000 fine for his long absence.
Birthday Fine: W 70,000 (Rtn. Soon)
2009-06-24 15:52:41
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Speech Review
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June 10, 2009
'Escaping North Korea'
Mr. Mike Kim, Founder of Crossing Borders
Mike Kim is the author of Escaping North Korea: Defiance and Hope in the World¡¯s Most Repressive Country. Mike is a Korean-American who, in 2003, moved to the China-North Korea border and founded Crossing Borders, a nonprofit dedicated to providing humanitarian assistance to North Korean refugees. While living near the North Korean border, he operated under cover as a student of North Korean Taekwondo, training under North Korean masters from Pyongyang. During his time in China, he learned of the hundreds of thousands of North Koreans fleeing to China in search of food and freedom through a 6,000-mile modern-day underground railroad. He has interviewed hundreds of North Koreans. In his book, he recounts their experiences of famine, defection, sex-trafficking, and torture in gulags. Mike frequently appears in the media: He has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and on the BBC.
Mike Kim spoke about his experiences that led to his writing the book, 'Escaping North Korea'. It's a current events memoir based on his time at the China-North Korea border helping North Koreans escape the regime.
Mr. Kim chronicles his effort to lead North Korean refugees through the 6,000-mile underground railway through China in this exposé of the astonishing day-to-day realities of famine, religious oppression, torture and sexual abuse in the most secretive and impoverished member of the axis of evil. The author, a former missionary, spent four years at the China–North Korea border building shelters and orphanages, and his access to government officials, journalists, aid workers and hundreds of North Korean refugees provide him a unique vantage point from which to synthesize current research and policy on conditions in North Korea with affecting real-life testimonials. His intrepid effort to help four North Korean teenagers avoid arrest and repatriation on the journey from northern China to the British consulate in Shanghai is riveting, as is his insider knowledge of the perilous route refugees navigate across the borders of China, Laos and Thailand. The author's compassion and astonishing ability to penetrate the Hermit Kingdom and lift its shroud of secrecy do much to ameliorate the book's chief flaws, the clunky prose and occasionally amateurish conjecture and derivative political analysis.
2009-06-24 15:54:09
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What's Good News ?
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Jan. 7, 2009
New Year¡¯s Greetings by President Seachang
Dear Fellow Rotarians,
First of all I would like to express my special thanks to all of you, fellow Rotarians, for all the supports that you provided last year.
In spite of unexpected financial crisis socked all over the world including Korea, thank to the sincere efforts and generous contributions that you made, it has been possible that we fulfilled our goal last year as below.
1) Job Training Program (A-Ran-Won)
2) Support to the Disabled (Kyonam Somang House)
3) The Charity Concert for North Korean Children
4) Korea Rotarian¡¯s Day Donation
5) The Charity Concert for Foreign Workers(Hospital for foreign migrant workers)
6) Soy milk for North Korean Children
7) Support to Rotaract & Interact (Ewha Rotaract, Interota 2008, Hwikyung Interact,)
8) Donation for the District 3650 Governor Song Hyon Jang
9) Others (Allotment for District Conference, Intra-City & District Meeting- District Inauguration, Membership Strengthening Seminar)
I would like to see 2009 as a year we made certain achievements of our club¡¯s. It is my true desire extending my heart-felt appreciation to all member Rotarians for, again, the efforts and contributions that you made last year.
I hope that your dreams come true in 2009 and you move on for the bright future.
Looking ahead for 2009, I would like to see club focusing on the followings:
1. Recruit more new members, young or old, male or female to the extent that the club as a whole can become more active and proactive in many activities we are engaged in.
2. Further strengthen the bond between Rotarians, both individual-wise and club-wise by encouraging each other to participate more actively in our activities starting with weekly meetings.
3. Also continue to execute remained projects for the poor and those who are suffering from sickness, loneliness and difficulties.
Once again, I truly wish you all the best in 2009 and may God bless every one of you and your family members.
Happy New Year!!!
Yours ever,
President Seachang Rhee
2009-01-07 15:53:42
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The 4-Way Test
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Is it the TRUTH ? |
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Is it FAIR to all concerned ? |
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Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP ? |
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Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned ? |
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