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We provide a brief description of previous DBCK events.
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Tuesday 17 June 2008
End of Season Barbecue
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The
DBCK end of season barbecue, the last gathering of the season 2007-2008 was held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on Tuesday 17 June.
DBCK had the
pleasure of the company of Mr. Jan Kees de Jager, the state secretary of the Dutch Ministry of Finance, and guests
from the Ministry of Finance and, Economic Affairs.
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Thursday 22 May 2008
Dutch Open
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The
annual DBCK Dutch Open Golf event was held at the beautiful Blue Heron Golf Club.
13
flights of members and their guests enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of golfing with superb weather conditions.
Last
years winners VOPAK did not manage to maintain their trophy, this year the prize going to the ING Life 3 team. Mr. Brandon
Woo from Irdeto managed to be the best individual score. Mrs. Suzanne Han got the prize for best female.
Many
thanks to our sponsors for the day KLM, Heineken, Philips & Michelin. Balls were again provided by VOPAK.
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24 April 2008
Visit to Gaeseong Industrial Complex
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DBCK visited the Gaeseong
Industrial Complex, a unique industrial area in North Korea on Thursday 24 April. A group of 25 people was guided by Gaeseong Industrial District
Management Committee and GIC support foundation. The program included presentations on current status and future plans of
GIC, area development of Hyundai Asan, guided tour of GIC facilities and factory visit.
It was a great opportunity for members to see how South and North Korea co-operate and outcomes
generated from this co-operation.
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Thursday 3 April 2008
Lotte World Behind the Scene
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On
April 3rd a small group of the DBCK visited LotteWorld amusement park.
After an introduction about the Lotte
complex at the LotteWorld academy the DBCK members got a tour through the park.
After witnessing the Parade we went to
the maintenance area of the trains for the French Connection. There we received an explanation about the maintenance procedures
and safety issues for this biggest roller coaster at LotteWorld.
The Pharaoh’s fury, the newest attraction, was tried
and enjoyed by the members. After this journey through Egypt there were still a few dye hard’s who made use of the “Gyro
Drop”. Fall down 70 meters in 2 sec’s.
The last part of the tour was a visit to the Folk museum. A walk through
the history of Korea
After the close out meeting at this museum the members went their own way.
Again
an enjoyable event of the DBCK.
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Thursday 28 February 2008
Lunch meeting with Mr. Bongsoo
Jung
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More
than 20 members have joined this lunch meeting with Mr. Bongsoo Jung, a certified public labour attorney and the author of the
"Korean Labor Law Bible".
Mr.
Jung took us on a journey through the Korean labour law, the changes the the upcoming changes.
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Wednesday 16 January 2008
New Year's Drink and a Guided
tour of the Van Gogh Exhibition
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More
than 30 members have joined the first DBCK event in 2008 on Wednesday 16 January. A New Year's drink was held at the
Giljy Italian restaurant followed by a guided tour of the Van Gogh Exhibition at the Seoul Museum of Art. It was a precious
time to see the biggest Van gogh exhibition in Asia ever and share different views and stories behind the great master and
his works.
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22 November 2007
Hamel Trade Awards 2007 has chosen Shell Pacific Enterprises, ArchitectenConsort and Daedong Industrial Co.,
Ltd
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The Hamel Trade Award 2007 has been held
at the Grand Hyatt Hotel Seoul on 22 November 2007. Shell Pacific Enterprises won the Best Established Dutch Company in Korea
and the Best New Comer went to the ArchitentenConsort. From this year, the new category Best Korean Company
investing in the Netherlands has been added to also recognize and appreciate Korean contribution to the trade and investment between
the Netherlands and Korea. Daedong Industrial Co., Ltd became the first winner of this award.
The Hamel Trade Award is a yearly award
for excellence to a company that has contributed substantially to business and trade relations between South Korea and the
Netherlands. The jury of the Hamel Trade Awards 2007 consisted of Han Rademaker (Chairman of DBCK), Hans Heinsbroek
(Dutch Ambassador to Korea), Tong-Soo Chung (President of Invest Korea) and Carl-Johan Hagman (Chairman of the EUCCK)
Please click here for photos of Hamel Award Gala
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Tuesday 2 October 2007
Hendrick Hamel Foundation
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On
2 October Mr. Dick van Zanten and Mr. Jacques Snep, both board members of the Hendrick Hamel foundation from the Netherlands gave a presentation about their plans for erecting a Hamel house in Gorkum and to make a movie about the life
of Hendrick Hamel. Also attending was the mayor of Gorkum mr. IJssels. At the end of the evening the guests got the opportunity
to enjoy a wine tasting of the Hamel Wine Company.
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Tuesday 28 August 2007
DBCK 2007-2008 Season Opening Drink
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On 28 August
2007 a new season started with drinks at chairman Han Rademaker’s house. Approximately 35 members were present. Special
thanks goes to Lisette Jacobs, Mariska Vrakking and Jeanette Rademaker for their perfect hosting. During the evening the board
presented its new board members and its plans for the coming season. Coming events will be a presentation by Dr. Melissant
a lung specialist from the Netherlands, a visit to the Korean Air Maintenance facility and the Hamel Award party in November.
For further information please keep visiting www.dbckorea.com.
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Wednesday 30 May 2007
Dutch Open 2007
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The annual DBCK Dutch Open Golf event
was held at Shinwon Golf Club.
11 flights of memebers and their
guests enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of golfing with superb weather conditions.
Last years winners ABN AMRO did
not manage to maintain their trophy, this year the prize going to the KLM 2 team. Mr Chul Min Hah from ABN AMRO managed
to be the best individual score for the second consecutive year.
Many thanks to our sponsors for
the day Heinken, KLM, Philips & Mercedes Benz Korea. Balls were again provided by Vopak.
Please click here for photos from Dutch Open.
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19 March 2007
An Event with Pim Verbeek and A Bid Farewell to Max Smits
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The 19th of March 2007 DBCK had the pleasure of having Pim Verbeek, head coach of the Korean National Football team,
as a guest speaker. Dutchman Pim Verbeek shared his experiences during the preparation and participation of the
national Korean team in the World Cups in 2002 and 2006, where he acted as assistant coach to Guus Hiddink and Dick Advocaat,
and his current activities as headcoach. We thank Pim and his assistant Afshin Ghotbi for participating in this DBCK
event.
Also during this evening, DBCK bid farewell to Chairman Max Smits,
who will leave Korea. We wish Max all the best in his new endeavours with KLM in Suriname.
Max will be succeeded by Walter Moone, formerly Vice-Chairman and Han
Rademaker, Executive Director at ING Life Insurance Korea, was appointed as the new Vice-Chairman.
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12 December 2006
Hamel Trade Awards for ING Life Insurance and OTB Solar
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On 12 december 2006 the Dutch companies
ING Life Insurance and OTB Solar won the Hamel Trade Awards 2006 for best established company and best newcomer. The Hamel
Trade Award is a yearly award for excellence to a company that has contributed substantially to business and trade relations
between South Korea and the Netherlands. The jury of the Hamel Trade Awards 2006 consisted of Mr. Tong-Soo Chung, Head
of Invest Korea, Mr. Jean-Jacques Grauhar, Secretary General of the EUCCK, Mr. Max Smits, Chairman of the Dutch Business Club
in Korea and H.E. Hans Heinsbroek, Ambassador of the Netherlands.
The Nominees for the 2006 Hamel Award for a Company
that is already well established in the South Korean market were: ING Life Insurance Korea, ASM International NV and Total
Identity. Winner ING Life was established in 1989 and is currently the 4th largest life insurer in Korea servicing 900,000
customers for their financial needs. In 2006 it was rewarded with the Korea Social Contribution coporporate Award and
Korea Service Management Award in the financial service - life insurance category.
The Nominees for the 2006 Hamel
Award for a company that has only recently entered the South Korean market included OTB Solar, Frico Cheese and Naco. Winner
OTB Solar is a leading Dutch manufacturer of solar cell equipment. In 2006 OTB announced the successful installation of a
30 MW production line to the South-Korean solar cell manufacturing company KPE. The total annual capacity of this new production
line equals the yearly power consumption of 10,000 European households.
Please click here for photos of Hamel Award Gala
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14 November 2006
Visit to LG Philips LCD Paju Plant
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DBCK has visited LG Philips LCD Paju Plant together with
Dutch Junior Chamber of Commerce on 14 November 2006. It was a great opportunity for both our members and Dutch Junior Chamber
of Commerce to look around world class LCD production plant. Visit included P7 and module production line tour.
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13 October 2006
"The great Rembrandt" by Dr. Gary Schwartz
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Dr. Gary Schwartz, one of the most renowned experts on Rembrandt
in the world, gave a special lecture "The great Rembrandt" to DBCK members and guests on Friday 13 October at the
Seoul Grand Hyatt Hotel. In 2006, it has been 400 years ago that Rembrandt, Holland's greatest 17th century painter was born. The
founder and webmaster of CODART (International Council for Curators of Dutch and Flimish Art) Dr. Schwartz became a Rembrandt
ambassador and shared his knowledge on Rembrandt and his background and revealed secret's behind paintings.
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16 September 2006
A bid farewell to a Dutch Ambassador Radinck J. van Vollenhoven
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A bid farewll to a Dutch ambassador Radinck J. van Vollenhoven
and Mrs. Beatrice van Vollenhoven was held on Saturday 16 September 2006. Dutch Business Club Korea and Dutch Hamel Club have
handed over a nice present. We all wish all the best to Mr. and Mrs. van Vollenhoven and hope them enjoy their next posting
as much as they did in Korea.
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23 August 2006
Opening of the Season
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On 23 August 2006 a new season started with drinks at the
chairman,
Max Smits' house. Approximately 35 members were present. Special thanks
goes to the chairman, Jeanette Rademaker
and Ellen Smits for their perfect
hosting. During the evening the board presented its plans for the
coming season.
Coming events will be a presentation on Korea (by Don Roelofs
and Maarten Meijer), an evening with Garry Schwartz on Rembrandt,
a
visit to a brewery and the Hamel Award party in December. For further
information please keep visiting www.dbckorea.com
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June 11th 2006
Season's closing event: Hilton Hotel
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After almost 3 years in the Board of the DBCK,
Garry Pieters (Chairman) and Tjeerd Bosklopper (Treasurer) will be leaving Korea. Good excuse for a drink.
At this closing event of the season, Garry reiterated
another year with highlights including visits to Hyundai Heavy Industries and Incheon Airport. This was also a year with
even more membership participation which helped create such spectacular opportunities.
In addition, the website is popular amongst
members and 'browsers' as evidenced by 1,000 - 1,500 hits per month. According to statistics, quite a number of CVs have been
posted and circulated which resulted in a number of young Dutch and Dutch/korean people finding employment in Korea. In another 'first', the mug-book was appreciated by all existing and prospective members.
Garry gave a big "thank you" for the
wonderful support that we continued to receive from the Embassy staff and his excellence Mr & Mrs Radinck van Vollenhoven.
Finally he introduced the new team that now includes:
Taco Stoppels (Royal Netherlands Embassy)
Joost van Beveren (Secretary - succeeds Walter Moone)
Huw Howels (Treasurer - replaces Tjeerd Bosklopper)
Walter Moone (Vice Chairman - succeeds Max Smits)
Max Smits (replaces Garry Pieters)
The evening was concluded with watching the Dutch soccer team win 1-0 from Serbia-Montenegro, a fitting
and deserved close of another DBCK season.
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May 30th 2006
DBCK "Dutch Open" 2006
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The annual DBCK Golf open was held at the Blue Heron Golf Club. A field of 11 flights with a variety of corporate teams including ING, ABN-AMRO, Shell, Vopak, Forbo and Irdeto
shot their way through a beautiful course under sunny conditions.
The event was concluded with a sumptuous dinner followed by the award and prize ceremony.
The individual winner was Mr Chul Minha (team ABN-AMRO) and the winning team was ABN-AMRO. The longest
drive came from Mr John Kim (ING Life) and the nearest-to-the-pin was shot by Mr Choi Soojong (ING Life). The loosing team
may well have gotten the nicest prize for a sunny day: Heineken Kegs (new in Korea).Several other prizes were won thanks to
the generous donation by our sponsors (KLM, LG.Philips, Transpac, Heineken, Lotte, Hyatt, Lotte, Marriot, Moet&Chandon
and Fraser Suites. Balls were provided by Vopak, ABN-AMRO, Dutch Embassy (thank you, lots of them were used).
For pictures taken by Ms Sim Sunyoung, please see <pictures>
The Blue Heron Golf Club is one of the nicest courses in terms of scenery, course design and lawn conditions. The East and West course are quite different
but both equally challenging, particularly for the first-time players.
Course details:
Blue Heron Golf Club
San 11-1 Sanggu-ri
Daesin-myeon, Yeoju-gun
Gyeonggi-do
Tel: 031-884 0701-6
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