[NBC-1TV 김종우 기자]박정희 전 대통령 경호관을 역임했던 서정길(67세. 벤쿠버 뉴 웨스트민스터) 캐나다 고단자협의회 회장이 NBC-1TV 감사장을 수여했다.베트남 하노이를 경유해 방한한 서 회장은 20일 오후 NBC-1TV 일레븐 라운지에서 이광윤 보도국장으로부터 본사 해외취재에 협조한 공로로 감사장을 받았다.1972년말 태권도사범 특채(5명)로 경호실 경호처 경호과에 배속된 그는 5년간 박정희 대통령을 경호하다 1977년 사표를 내고 그해 7월 29일 캐나다 이민을 떠나 현재 캐나다 태권도고단자협의회 회장을 맡고 있다. 재직중 1974년 8월 15일 국립극장에서 있었던 육영수 여사 저격사건 현장에 있었던 서 회장은 이날 감사패 전달식에 앞서 가진 NBC-1TV와의 인터뷰에서 “육 여사님의 자상하시고 인사하신 자태를 잊을 수 없다”고 회상했다.또 “2009년 박 대통령 서거 30주년 때 방한해 국립현충원을 찾았고, 탄신일인 11월 14일에는 구미생가에도 방문했다”며 “그 때 모든 것을 회상하니 눈물이 앞섰고, 또 오늘 두 분의 자료를 보니까 너무나 옛날 생각이 나면서 눈물이 앞을 가린다.”며 애석해 했다.☞아래에 NBC-1TV 방송 창이 있으나, 일
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]The WACS 2012 Daejeon Congress Organizing Committee (Chairman: Mayor Yum Hong-chul of Daejeon Metropolitan City) announced today that the WACS 2012 Daejeon Congress will be held from May 1 through May 12, 2012 at Daejeon Convention Center, KOTREX and Expo Citizens Plaza in Daejeon. Under the theme of ‘Hand Taste of Korean People!, Appetite of World Citizens!,’ the large scale food-related Congress will be held for 12 days, attended by more than 30,000 prominent chefs, sommeliers and cooks from over 97 countries including Korea. Through the Congress, Korea will publicize a
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]CNN Worldwide today announced that it has signed a large-scale global sponsorship deal with leading automotive producer Hyundai Motor Company (HMC). The deal will include sponsorship of the new nightly ‘Amanpour’ show and the popular interview program ‘Piers Morgan Tonight’, and will involve HMC’s ‘Live Brilliant’ campaign airing across the CNN International, CNN US and CNN en Espaol networks. The collaboration represents one of CNN’s most comprehensive global auto sponsorship deals to date. The six-month sponsorship agreement encompasses both billboards and spots around
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]McDonald’s Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner today announced that Tim Fenton, currently President of McDonald’s Asia, Pacific, Middle East and Africa (APMEA) and 39-year veteran with the Company, has been elected to the role of Chief Operating Officer, with responsibility for the company’s more than 33,500 restaurants worldwide. Fenton will assume his new role effective July 1, 2012. Fenton, 54, was elected by the McDonald’s Board of Directors today upon the recommendation of Skinner and CEO-Elect Don Thompson. As announced last month, current COO Thompson will become P
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Fovia Medical, Inc., a world leader in volume rendering technology, and Teikyo University School of Medicine, one of the leading centers for medical research and patient care in Japan, today announced a collaboration to bring High Definition Volume Rendering® on the iPad to the operating room. Fovia's HDVR® Connect software, now available for the iPad, delivers critical information in real time, giving surgeons the ability to significantly enhance surgical outcomes. With HDVR on the iPad, physicians and surgeons have access to advanced visualization on a mobile, multi-tou
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]“Shall I wear flat shoes or high heeled shoes when I go to office?” Ms. Joy, who works as a designer at EA, a renowned U.S.-based game company, had to agonize over shoes before leaving for the office in the morning of the day when she had a dinner appointment in the evening. While flat shoes are convenient in the office, she needed to wear high heeled shoes for the evening appointment. In that case, she used to carry high heeled shoes to the office in a shopping bag, but that was very inconvenient and troublesome. She eventually told her problem to a design team at IBNIA,
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]WCO RILO AP(World Customs Organization Regional Intelligence Liaison Office for Asia and the Pacific), the first international organization hosted by Korea Customs Service (Commissioner, Joo, Yung-sup) launches the first overseas Technical Assistance mission as the regional intelligence center after the Opening ceremony held on last February 2. RILO AP is dispatching 3 experts including intelligence analysts to New Delhi, India, an affiliated Member of RILO AP. 20 Indian Customs officials are going to be given an in-depth training on intelligence analysis technique and th
[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]High Touch Korea(www.hightouchkorea.com), a Korea-based PR and consulting agency, announced that it welcomes customized PR and marketing projects for global companies and country pavilions exhibiting at EXPO 2012 YEOSU KOREA held from May 12 through August 12, 2012 at Yeosu, a southern tip harbor city of South Korea. High Touch Korea, which provides “high-touch” services for branding, market survey, cultural training, media PR/marketing campaigns and consumer communications services, has been taking a survey to some big exhibitors and high-fame participants in EXPO 2012 Y