Annual Dinner held at the House of Lords

AKS Chairman, Sir Stephen Brown, welcomes
the guests in the Peers' Dining Room

We were delighted to hold our Annual Dinner in the House of Lords on Thursday 2 December 2010. Baroness Perry of Southwark, who has a long association fostering Anglo Korean relations, hosted the dinner. She welcomed us to the historic setting of the Peers' Dining Room with its Pugin wallpaper and portraits of peers, past and present.

The event was sold out well in advance, but regrettably the extreme snowy weather conditions prevented a number of members attending. Those that did attend were pleased to be able to hear our guest speaker, Edward Davey MP, speak about his constituency of Kingston and Surbiton and his work to represent Koreans resident there. He also spoke about the EU-Korea Free Trade Agreement. Mr Davey is a Minister in the Department for Industry, Business and Skills with responsibility for trade policy.

Our Guest Speaker, Edward Davey MP

He emphasised the mutual benefits the agreement will bring to the EU and Korea and, in particular, to UK companies wishing to do business in Korea.
Our Guest of Honour was the Korean Ambassador, HE Choo Kyu-ho, our joint President, and Madame Choo. We were also delighted to have with us Lord Alton of Liverpool, Chair of the British North Korea All Party Parliamentary Group.
It was the last Annual Dinner for our Chairman Sir Stephen Brown who stands down next year. Tribute was paid to his long standing work to improve Anglo Korean relations both in Seoul when British Ambassador and as Chairman of the Anglo Korean Society.

Derek Marsh

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