Since several years ago, NDNnews & its affiliated organization Korea First, World Best Awards Committee have been bestowing Best Amb. Awards upon excellent envoys who did their conspicuous diplomatic activities to bolster diplomatic relations between Korea & their counterpart countries.

Without exception this year as well, 4 honorable envoys were bestowed in recognition of their excellent diplomatic activities & dedication by the strict screening procedures of the NDNnews & Korea First, World Best Awards Committee who were comprised of scholars, professors, former politicians, assemblymen and journalists etc.

4 recipients of coveted 2018 Best Amb. Awards were Indonesia Amb. Umar Hadi, Uzbekistan Amb. Vitali Fen, Ghana Amb. Difie Agyarko Kusi, last but not least Angola Amb. Albino Malungo.

The following are respective recipient Amb's bestowment background. -Ed.

2018 Best Amb. Award

H.E. Albino Malungo

Ambassador of Angola to the Republic of Korea

Having been served as Angola Amb. during almost 7 years so far

from last 2011 until today including dean role from the African

Diplomatic Corps. many years, Your Excellency presented an

emblematic example model case for cooperations with Korea among

African envoys accredited to the Republic of Korea.

Before the opening of the Liaison Office of the Republic of Angola

on Dec. 16th,2004,the interests of the Angolan State were

represented by the Honorary Consul, Dr. Yung Ho Kwon, a Korean

citizen, chairman of Inter-Burgo Group. But in terms of the fact that

The Embassy of Angola in South Korea was officially by H.E. Amb. Mr. Albino

Malungo, on Nov. 12th,2008,Your Excellency paved the way for

a new chapter to bolster bilateral relations, representing the interests

of African continents in Korea further.

In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as

Angola top envoy in terms of being in the van of strengthening

bilateral exchange cooperations as well as boosting African countries’ image beyond just

Angola’s image, The NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow

2018 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.

2018. 6. 21

President Shin Hyun-doo

NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine

Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association

2018 Best Amb. Award

H.E. Umar Hadi

Ambassador of Indonesia to the Republic of Korea

In terms of promising that "Indonesian Embassy will help

to connect the Korean investor companies with education

institutes such as vocational school and Institute of Textile in

Indonesia, so they can recruit skilled employee as well as

Ambassador Award for the Best CEOs & Indonesian Workers

which declare as the starting of the work safety and healthy

campaign day, Your Excellency has been presenting an emblematic

example model case for cooperations with Korea among envoys

who dispatch their countries workers to Korea.

Moreover, Your Excellency contributed not a little to inducing indirectly

Indonesia Government’s stance as a true partner for world peace manifested

through recent Indonesia’s nonpermanent membership election

of the United Nations Security Council for the period of 2019-

2020 that supported about North Korea’s

nuclear problem etc. in international arena such as ASEAN, saying as

Indenesia top envoy in Korea that “Indonesia, like many other

peace-loving countries, has been consistent in its position on the

importance of promoting a nuclear-weapon free zone in the Korean

Peninsula. Therefore, we call on all relevant parties to promote

dialogue and work together towards that end.”

In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as

Indonesia top envoy in terms of being in the van of strengthening

bilateral exchange cooperations as well as boosting Indonesia

country’s image, The NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow

2018 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.

2018. 6. 21

President Shin Hyun-doo

NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine

Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association

2018 Best Amb. Award

H.E. Vitali V. Fen

Ambassador of Uzbekistan to the Republic of Korea

Having been served as Uzbekistan Amb. during almost 18 years

from last 1995 until 2013 including excellent dean role from the Seoul

Diplomatic Corps. many years, Your Excellency presented an

emblematic example model case for cooperations with Korea among

many envoys accredited to the Republic of Korea.

Thanks to Your Excellency’s crucial hub role for increasing bilateral relations in the meantime, the

relations between Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea within a short period

of time have reached the level of Strategic Partnership that greatly contributed to

furthering and strengthening multifaceted bilateral cooperation relations and

elevated them to a new qualitative level.

With the recent opening of the Uzbekistan Trade Representation Office

In Songdo as a momentum further, Your Excellency has been also showing

many interest in propelling economic free zone development as well as its

activation in Uzbekistan, regarding the Republic of Korea & Incheon Free Economic

Zone as its role model for the economic development of Uzbekistan.

In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication so far as

Uzbekistan top envoy in terms of being in the van of strengthening

bilateral exchange cooperations as well as boosting Uzbekistan

country's image, The NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow

2018 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.

2018. 6. 21

President Shin Hyun-doo

NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine

Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association

2018 Best Amb. Award

H.E. Difie Agyarko Kusi

Ambassador of Ghana to the Republic of Korea

Acknowledging the strategic importance of South

Korea, an emerging global power, Your Excellency

has been stressing since accreditation last year

that Ghana deemed it necessary to establish relations with her for

accelerated development through effective cooperation.,

presenting an emblematic example model case for cooperations

with Korea among many African envoys accredited to the Republic of Korea.

Moreover, Your Excellency embossed Ghana’s standing among Korean public,

underlining that here in the present, an independent Ghana is being celebrated

as the model for African progress and development, a poster

child for economic success, anti-imperialism, stability and

democracy in Africa; celebrated within the continent for being

at the centre of the liberation struggle and therefore holding

a special place in pan-African history

In recognition of Your Excellency's excellent activities & dedication as

Ghana top envoy in terms of being in the van of strengthening

bilateral exchange cooperations as well as boosting Ghana

country’s image, The NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine bestow

2018 Best Amb. Award upon Your Excellency.

2018. 6. 21

President Shin Hyun-doo

NDNnews & SeoulCity magazine

Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association

Congratulatory remarks during the 2018

Korea first, World best Awards ceremony

by H.E. Umar Hadi, Indonesia Amb. to the Republic

of Korea

On behalf of the recipient ambassadors, I would like to convey our sincere congratulations to NDNnews, SeoulCity magazine and the Korea Culture Ambassador Friendship Association for hosting the 2018 Korea First, World best Award.

We, recipient ambassadors, are very privileged to be selected among the members of Diplomatic Corps in Seoul to receive the 2018 Korea First, World best Award, in recognition of our diplomatic activities in the Republic of Korea.

We understand that the committee of Korea First, an affiliated organization of the NDNnews, must have been striving to find out enterprises and such products which have accumulated deep confidence from consumers with their ceaseless efforts in each field. And we know for certain it is not easy for the committee to find one in diplomatic field. Diplomatic field is something unique. We have wide-ranging stakeholders in Korea from G to B to P (Government, Business, and People). We also do not always produce something tangible like "other enterprises" do. Our products in diplomatic field are more about trust, image, understanding, cooperation, relationship. Yet the committee managed to recognize them. For that we feel honored.

Lastly, We, the recipient ambassadors, would like to give our heartfelt encouragement to the Korea First, World best Awards for their noble work.

I thank you, and may the friendship between our countries and the Republic of Korea become stronger year by year.