-“With meritorious deeds of diplomatic ties in terms of widening diplomatic horizons”
4 honorable ambassadors from the Seoul Diplomatic Corps. received the 2017 covetable
Best Amb. Awards from the NDNnews & Seoulcity magazine in partnership with the
Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association as well as Korea Consumer Association,
two backbone affiliation organizations of the NDNnews on the occasion of the 2017
Korea first, World best Awards Ceremony, held at the Memorial Hall, National Assembly,
on July 11th afternoon.
Distinguished recipients from Diplomatic Corps. were Paraguay Amb. H.E. Irineo Raul
Silvero Silvagni, Thailand Amb. H.E. Sarun Charoensuwan, Germany Amb. Stephan Auer
and last but not least Israel Amb. H.E. Chaim Choshen.
Former Science & Technology Minister Park Ho-goon who served as President of Incheon University as well, who bestowed the 2017 Best
Amb. Awards on 4 envoys, said: “For our society, it is necessary for masterpiece politics,
masterpieces economy, and masterpieces society to play their responsible roles”.
Touching upon their contributions of 4 ambassadors for bilateral relations in terms of
widening diplomacy horizons, president Shin Hyun-doo pointed out that Korea first means directly world best, adding today’s recipients from each companies, local governments and last but not least from
Diplomatic Missions will serve as a foundation for the Republic of Korea to go forward
further.
Screening Committee chairman Ko Sung-sam who checked the entire screening processes to select all recipients ranging to about
70 persons, company, local government, and ambassadors, pledged to devote their more
harder efforts so that Korea first, and World best Awards can be reborn as a really global
festival beyond just Korean society.
The following are respective plague contents. –Ed.
2017 Best Amb. Award
H.E. Irineo Raul SILVERO SILVAGNI Ambassador of Paraguay to the Republic of Korea
Your Excellency presented an emblematic example model case for cooperations with
Korea among South American countries envoys accredited to the Republic of Korea in
terms of encouraging Korean enterpreneurs' investment into Paraguay, saying that the
Paraguayan government encourages the Korean companies, known for their passion in
work ethics, to aggressively explore the Paraguayan market and invest in my country.
Furthermore on the occasion of 55 years of diplomatic relations between Korea &
Paraguay in 2017, Your Excellency contributed not a little to boosting the image of
Korean immigrants in Paraguay, illuminating newly that the first group of Korean
immigrants arrived in Paraguay 52 years ago and more than six thousand Koreans live &
are active in our society, and many of these families are made up of Paraguayan-Korean couples who enrich and develop our country.
In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as Paraguay top envoy
in terms of being in the van of strengthening bilateral exchange cooperations as well as
boosting Latin American countries image beyond just Paraguay country's image, The
NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow 2017 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.
2017. 7. 11
President Shin Hyun-doo
NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine
Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association
2017 Best Amb. Award
H.E. Sarun CHAROENSUWAN Ambassador of Thailand to the Republic of Korea
Ahead of the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Ties between Korea & Thailand in 2018,
Your Excellency is in the vanguard of strengthening diverse exchange cooperations of
government & nongovernmental dimension between the two countries since being
accredited as Thailand top envoy on March, 2016 while dedicating on the other hand on
searching aggressively ways to enlarge exchange & investment towards Korea.
Furthermore, Your Excellency contributed not a little to boosting the image of ASEAN
beyond just Thailand by hosting 'Thailand litmus test for booming ASEAN market'
seminar, by attending Thaifex-World of Food Asia 2017, Seoul Food 2017 as well as ASEAN Fair 2016-Gourmet Tips to ASEAN last year, in addition to hosting 'Thai Festival 2017' etc. recently
so that Korean people can meet unique Thai culture experience.
In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as Thailand top envoy
in terms of being in the van of strengthening bilateral diverse exchange cooperations as
well as boosting ASEAN's image beyond just Thai's country image, The NDNnews &
SeoulCity magazine bestow 2017 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.
2017. 7. 11
President Shin Hyun-doo
NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine
Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association
2017 Best Amb. Award
H.E. Stephan AUER Ambassador of Germany to the Republic of Korea
In terms of widening diplomacy horizons with Europe since the inauguration of
President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea, Your Excellency laid new groundwork for bilateral diplomacy by
carrying out Germany envoy role excellently on the occasion of President Moon's
Germany Official Visit during July 5-6 by the invitation of Chancellor Angela Merkel as
well as G20 Summit Hamburg.
For Korea, Germany is an ideal partner to share strategic cooperations in diverse areas,
giving us ceaseless inspiration and momentum of cooperation including coexistence &
compromise, strong SMEs, warm market economy, international responsibility
consciousness and experience of division & unification, to name just a few.
President Moon's Germany visit served as an important part in the processes of going
forward for the Republic of Korea to the peace unification on the peninsular, to say
nothing of confirming Germany's cooperation to solve North Korea's nuclear issues.
Following both Summit Meeting between Korea & Germany, President Moon carried out
a leader role with Germany, G20 Presidency of this year which strengthens international
cooperation systems in G20 Summit as well.
In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as Germany envoy to
bolster bilateral ties which will serve as a momentum to substantially develop Korea-Germany bilateral relations even further in the years to come, The NDNnews &
SeoulCity magazine bestow 2017 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.
2017. 7. 11
President Shin Hyun-doo
NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine
Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association
2017 Best Amb. Award
H.E. Chaim Choshen Ambassador of Israel to the Republic of Korea
On the occasion of the 55 Years of Diplomatic Relations between Korea & Israel in 2017,
Your Excellency presented an emblematic example model case for cooperations with
Korea among Middle East countries envoys accredited to the Republic of Korea in terms
of faciliating extensive & brisk relations between the two countries, that is, in introducing
partnerships between Israel Government & priviate sector, in particular Hitech field as an
innovation model each nation's governments imitate, lectures regarding Israel's Youtairen
education, regional exchanges such as cooperation with Jecheon City & education
exchange discussion with Jeju Provincial Government, and last but not least defense
field cooperation including Israel's Iron Dome sales for Korea, to name just a few.
Buttressed by Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as Israel top envoy to the
Republic of Korea, both countries' friendship cooperation relations are being
strengthened based on mutual complementarity of both countries' economy in
consideration of substantial cooperations of start-p & innovation field in the fields of the
future cuttingedge science technology and despite of the circumstance that geographical
uncertainties are being escalated.
In recognition of Your Excellency's most excellent activities & dedication as Israel top
envoy to the Republic of Korea in terms of being in the van of strengthening bilateral
exchange cooperations among the Middle East countries envoys accredited to Korea,
The NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow 2017 Best Amb. Award upon
Your Excellency.
2017. 7. 11
President Shin Hyun-doo
NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine
Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association