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Asiana teams up with KOICA for development aid program

By Korea Herald

Published : Oct. 24, 2011 - 16:12

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Asiana Airlines signed up to the Korea International Cooperation Agency’s public-private partnership program on Monday.

Companies taking part in the program collaborate with KOICA to carry out development aid projects in developing countries. The partner from the private sector is signed on for one year.

The carrier said the KOICA selected the company for partnership in recognition of its corporate social responsibility programs.
Asiana Airlines CEO Yoon Young-doo (left) and KOICA president Park Dae-won pose after signing a public-private partnership agreement at KOICA’s office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on Monday. (Asiana Airlines) Asiana Airlines CEO Yoon Young-doo (left) and KOICA president Park Dae-won pose after signing a public-private partnership agreement at KOICA’s office in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province on Monday. (Asiana Airlines)

Asiana Airlines has been working on social contribution projects in developing nations to which it operates flights including Cambodia, Vietnam and the Philippines.

In Cambodia, the company has been working with the KOICA since August 2010 to install solar-powered streetlamps near the Angkor Wat temple complex as part of its efforts to help preserve the site and to improve safety for tourists.

The company has also been working on a project building houses for a minority tribe in the Philippines, whose village will be underwater once a dam is completed in the region.

The company plans to build 60 houses and support the tribe’s relocation to a new village by 2012.

By Choi He-suk  (cheesuk@heraldcorp.com)

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