{"id":47,"date":"2025-11-03T00:16:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T00:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kotaa.org\/?page_id=47"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:17:35","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kotaa.org\/index.php\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Annual Meeting History & Newsletters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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KOTAA newsletter is published each year to inform members of any news about KOTAA and members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18th President, Kate Hyun,
<\/strong>138 Participants, 55 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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18th President, Kate Hyun,
<\/strong>143 Participants, 52 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17th President, S. Sonny Kim,
<\/strong>160 Participants, 51 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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17th President, S. Sonny Kim,
<\/strong>104 Participants, 25 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16th President, Boo Hyun Nam,
<\/strong>45 Participants, 21 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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16th President, Boo Hyun Nam,
<\/strong>49 Participants, 15 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15th President, Seri Park.
<\/strong>104 Participants, 27 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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15th President, Seri Park,
<\/strong>95 Participants, 28 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14th President, Yong-Rak Kim,
<\/strong>83 Participants, 27 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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14th President, Yong-Rak Kim,
<\/strong>91 Participants, 34 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13th President, Sang Soo Kim,
<\/strong>82 Participants, 29 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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13th President, Sang Soo Kim,
<\/strong>61 Participants, 27 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2014<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12th President, In-Kyu Lim,
<\/strong>67 Participants, 27 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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12th President, In-Kyu Lim,
<\/strong>59 Participants, 20 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11th President, Hak-Chul Shin,
<\/strong>73 Participants, 19 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2011<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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11th President, Hak-Chul Shin,
<\/strong>69 Participants, 22 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2010<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10th President, Jun-Seok Oh,
<\/strong>57 Participants, 16 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2009<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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10th President, Jun-Seok Oh,
<\/strong>70 Participants, 19 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2008<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9th President, Eul-Bum (E.B.) Lee,
<\/strong>80 Participants, 20 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2007<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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9th President, Eul-Bum (E.B.) Lee,
<\/strong>87 Participants, 31 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2006<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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8th President, Byungkyu (Brian) Park,
<\/strong>106 Participants, 18 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2005<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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8th President, Byungkyu (Brian) Park,
<\/strong>23 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2004<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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7th President, Seongsoon Yun,
<\/strong>13 Travel grant awardees<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2002-2003<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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6th President, Youngsoo Richard Kim<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2000-2001<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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5th President, Hosin (David) Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1999<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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4th President, Myunghak Sung<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1997-1998<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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3th President, Kang-Won Wayne Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1994-1996<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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2nd President, Junho Byun<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1990-1993<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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1st President, Robert Bumjung Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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