With the Winter Olympics in mind, on 12 February Kevin Baruffi toasted the Rotary Club of Seoul; and on 26 February Ric Davies, having recently returned from Myanmar , toasted the Rotary Club of Central Yangon
 
The Rotary Club of Seoul recently celebrated its 90th anniversary. The history of the club is the history of Rotary Clubs in Korea. It was founded in 1927, the third club to be chartered in all of Asia.  As the number of Rotary Clubs in Korea have grown into the hundreds and individual membership in thousands, the Rotary Club of Seoul is proud of being the first Club in Korea and one which continues to use English as its official language. They have over fifty (50) members including nationals from Korea, U.S.A., Japan, Germany, Ireland and Belgium.
 
 
The Club meet on Wednesday (alternately for lunch and dinner) at Namsan III Grand Hyatt Seoul, 322, Sowol-Ro, Yongsan-Gu, Seoul, Republic Of Korea under the guiding hand of President Tae Sook Han. Their projects include the Kyonam House of Hope and the Bhutan Joint District Global Grant Project to place Kidney Dialysis Machines into Government Hospitals.
 
The Rotary Club of Central Yangon- Is in District 3350 and was chartered on 20 May 2017. They were sponsored by the Rotary Club of Yangon whose history as the first Rotary Club in Myanmar stretches from 1929 to 1974 (when it was closed) ; and then from 2014 (when it was re-established) to the present day.   
 
 
 
The Club is led by President  Khin Aung Htun and meets at 6.30pm every second Tuesday at the Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake, at number 40 Natmauk Road, Tamwe Township, Yangon. Their have committed themselves to support Rotary's six areas of focus being:
 
 
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Peace & Conflict Prevention/ Resolution
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Disease Prevention & Treatment
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Water & Sanitation
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Maternal & Child Health
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Basic Education & Literacy
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Economic & Community Development