SM Group has backed alliance activities through private-sector cooperation, including providing hotel accommodations

SM Group Chairman Woo Oh-hyun (left) and Korea-US Alliance Foundation President Lim Ho-young pose with the corporate supporter plaque at a sponsor meeting held at Dragon Hill Sables in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on Wednesday. [SM Group]
SM Group Chairman Woo Oh-hyun (left) and Korea-US Alliance Foundation President Lim Ho-young pose with the corporate supporter plaque at a sponsor meeting held at Dragon Hill Sables in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, on Wednesday. [SM Group]

SM Group Chairman Woo Oh-hyun has received a corporate supporter plaque from the Korea-US Alliance Foundation in recognition of his private-sector efforts to advance the Korea-US alliance.

SM Group announced Thursday that Woo received the plaque from Foundation President Lim Ho-young at a sponsor meeting held Wednesday by the Korea-US Alliance Foundation and the Korean Defense Veterans Association (KDVA) at Dragon Hill Sables in Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

The corporate supporter plaque is awarded to companies that have backed the foundation's activities and contributed to strengthening the alliance. The Korea-US Alliance Foundation has previously presented the plaque to major sponsors including Hanwha and SK Group.

SM Group has supported the foundation's key activities and events, including the Korea-US Alliance Forum. The group also backed private-sector exchange programs, providing Hotel Top10 Gangneung as accommodation for a spouses' program jointly run by the Korea-US Alliance Foundation and the KDVA.

"The Korea-US alliance is the bedrock that has safeguarded South Korea's security and peace on the Korean Peninsula," Woo said. "I am deeply grateful to everyone who has dedicated themselves to the alliance from their respective positions."

He added that the private sector and businesses have a role just as important as that of the government and military in advancing the alliance. "SM Group will continue to offer its full support and cooperation for the sustained development of the Korea-US alliance and the promotion of friendship between the two countries," he said.

The event drew about 40 attendees, including Foundation President Lim Ho-young, board chairman Yoo Myung-hwan, former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Jung Seung-jo, honorary board chairman Lee Geon-su, SM Group Chairman Woo Oh-hyun and Misto Holdings Chairman Yoon Yoon-soo, along with other Korea-US Alliance Foundation and KDVA officials and representatives of sponsoring companies.

Meanwhile, Samwhan, SM Group's construction arm, opened a model home Friday for "Hwaseo Station Lake Park Honorsville," a housing development in Seodun-dong, Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, kicking off its pre-sale schedule.


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