Hanjin Group Chairman Yang Ho Cho Appointed ITTF Special Advisor

SEOUL, Korea (19 May, 2013) – Hanjin Group and Korean Air Chairman Yang Ho Cho was appointed Special Advisor of Finance and Marketing by the ITTF (International Table Tennis Federation) at the ITTF Annual General Assembly held on May 17 in Paris, France.

As the Special Advisor, Chairman Cho will assist the ITTF in securing financing and revenue sources, in addition to advising on marketing and related programs to enhance the work of the federation.

The appointment acknowledges Chairman Cho’s contribution over the years to the development of international table tennis. Chairman Cho is the President of the Korea Table Tennis Association and the Vice President of the Asia Table Tennis Union.

As an Ambassador of Peace and Sport, Yang Ho Cho played a strategic role in establishing the historic November 2011 Peace and Sport Table Tennis Cup, a table tennis tournament to encourage dialogue and reconciliation between nations. Ten countries participated in the tournament and it included the pairing of North Korea and South Korea in an event that united nations through table tennis and promoted peace through sport.

Last December, Korean Air and the United Nations Office on Sport for Development and Peace (UNOSDP) partnered to conduct the UNOSDP’s Youth Leadership Camps (YLC). The 12-day camps, hosted 3-4 times per year around the world, teach young participants from disadvantaged/under-privileged communities both theoretical and practical methods of how sport can be used to promote change in communities. Korean Air will continue its effort to contribute to world peace through the support of amateur sports.

About Korean Air

Korean Air, with a fleet of 154 aircraft, is one of the world's top 20 airlines, and operates more than 400 flights per day to 125 cities in 45 countries. It is a founding member of the SkyTeam alliance, which together with its 19 members, offers its 552 million annual passengers a worldwide system of more than 15,000 daily flights covering 993 destinations in 187 countries.

In 2011, Business Traveler named Korean Air the best Asian airline for the fifth consecutive year, while Global Traveler awarded the airline with best airline in northern Asia and best airport staff/gate agent. The carrier won the 2010 global travel catering distinction award by Pax International magazine while World Traveler magazine rated it as having the world’s best inflight service. Travel & Leisure magazine readers say it is one of the world’s top 10 international airlines and readers of Conde Nast Traveler magazine voted Korean Air one of the world’s top ten global airlines.

More on Korean Air's programmes, routes, frequencies and partners is available at www.koreanair.com.

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