Joonhwa Bin, MD, South Asia Head Office, KOTRA joins ACN Advisory Board, an Asian Think Tank

NEW DELHI. Joonhwa Bin, Managing Director, South Asia Head Office, Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), Commerce Section, Embassy of the Republic of Korea has joined ACN Editorial Advisory Board as an Honorary Member.

Mr. Bin assumed the responsibility as Managing Director of KOTRA South Asia HEad Offcie, New Delhi in August last year, and oversees KOTRA’s operations in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Bhutan.

While thanking ACN for inviting him to join ACN Editorial Advisory Board as Honorary Member, Mr. Bin said, “More and more companies from Asian countries are coming to India. I believe we can share lots of ideas and issues together.”

Since 1962 as part of the Korea’s first 5-year Economic Plan, KOTRA has been dedicated to creating new export markets and increasing Korea’s trade value, which reached $1 trillion in 2011. In the late 1990s, the agency helped Korea overcome the Financial Crisis by starting its foreign direct investment promotion division. And in the last half century, KOTRA has played a significant role in supporting Korean companies expanding overseas.

Mr. Bin joined KOTRA in 1997 and has shown leadership in various fields including information planning, online marketing, economic diplomacy, overseas network operation and audit office. He has worked in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, New Delhi, India, and Dallas, the United States of America.

Mr. Bin’s focus is on expanding trade between Korea and India and South Asia, and creating jobs and contributing to the development of the Indian economy through active investment by Korean companies. He also promotes to solidify the close relationship between two countries by expanding not only the trade of goods but also the exchange of cultural contents and services.

KOTRA New Delhi office was established in 1976 and has worked actively to promote trade and investment cooperation between India and Korea.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board welcomes Mr. Bin to this Think Tank, which is all set to get greatly benefitted from his rich experience and insightful ideas and thoughts.

Other Honorary board members include Mr. Euy Don Park, President, Korean Federation in India and VP, Korean Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KOCHAM), Prof. Do Young Kim, Honorary Director, Korean Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University, Mr. Sung-chang Hong, Managing Director, NongHyup Bank (NH Bank), Ms. Eun-joo LIM, Founder & Director, Indo-Korean Center, Pune, Mr. Suresh Chukkapalli, Honorary Consul General of Korea, Telangana, and Mr. Arshi Krishnachar, India Head, Seoul Semiconductor & Chairman, ISLE, Karnataka to represent Indo-South Korean affairs.

Mr. Hidehito Jay ARAKI, Management Consultant for Japanese companies in India, Mr. Tomio Isogai, Former MD, Sharp India and UAE, Mr. Nobuhiro Takahashi, Former Advisor, Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry India (JCCII), Mr. Prakash Yadav, Co-founder, AJU Group of Japanese Hotels, Mr. Shiv Kothari, Founder, Chain of Tokyo Stores to represent Indo-Japanese affairs, Ms. Ritu Agarwal, Country Head – Japan, Russia, and Southeast Asia, National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Kunna Dash, President of India Japan Friendship Center, Kyoto also form the part of ACN Advisory Board.

Mr. Peters Li-ying Chen, Assistant Representative, and Director Education, Taiwan’s Taipei Economic and Cultural Center (TECC), Government of Taiwan, ROC, and Ms. Jennifer Makhecha (Tseng, Hsiao-Li) Chairperson, Taiwan Chamber of Commerce Mumbai (TCCM) represent Taiwan in this think tank.

The honorary board members also include Mr. Sanjeev K Ahuja, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Asian Community News (ACN) Network, Mr. Pawan Choudhary, Advisor, Chief Minister, Haryana, (Foreign Cooperation Department), Mr. J C Pegu (IRS), Former Chief Commissioner, Income Tax, New Delhi, Mr. Rohit Kochhar, Founding Member & Managing Partner, Kochhar & Co., and Mr. Mohit Malik, Senior Taxation Expert, and Promoter, GST Academy.

About ACN Editorial Advisory Board:

Promoted by Asian Community News (ACN) Network – a real-time and online non-political news-media house dedicated to Indo-Asian affairs with a special focus on key Asian majors like Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and ASEAN members, the ACN Editorial Advisory Board aims at bringing like-minded experts from various East Asian countries together on a common platform for strengthening Indo-Asian relationship and bilateral ties through the media and advocacy initiatives.

The invitation for joining the Board is sent to the prominent personalities from Asian countries who have been doing an extremely commendable job in promoting bilateral relations between India and Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and ASEAN for the past many years.

The board members have the privilege of writing self-authored articles and contributing to various news stories developing from time to time as expert commentators. They could advise the ACN Editorial team on various topics & issues – current and evolving pertaining to Asian developments.

The board also offers an opportunity to the members to take up issues of common concerns through discussions, deliberations, and brainstorming sessions during physical and virtual meetings.

The Board plans to take the delegation of its members to various heads of state/union governments to discuss various Indo-Asian matters, prepare Advisory Document and submit the same to the government.

ACN Editorial Advisory Board also offers an opportunity to participate in Webinars/Seminars organized by ACN in which the government representatives/bureaucrats/ministers/Corporate leaders, Academicians/intellectuals from various countries could be invited to participate.