KOMIPO sponsors Indonesian taekwondo team at Asian Games

Published : Sept 28, 2014 - 21:05 Updated : Sept 28, 2014 - 21:05

Korea Midland Power Co. is rooting for the Indonesian taekwondo squad by offering scholarships and transportation services during the Incheon Asian Games.

As part of a support program, KOMIPO, one of six power generation affiliates of the state-run Korea Electric Power Corp., said it held a gala with the Indonesian taekwondo team in Seoul on Tuesday to wish for its success at the Incheon Asian Games.

Other Korean companies doing business in Indonesia, including Korindo Group, helped sponsor the dinner.

Korea Midland Power Co. CEO Choi Pyeong-rak (fifth from left) poses with Indonesia’s national taekwondo team members at a dinner to support the team in the Incheon Asian Games. The event was held at the Oakwood Premier Hotel in Samseong-dong, Seoul, Sept. 23. (KOMIPO)

KOMIPO has been playing a leading role in supplying electricity to Indonesia. The company provides about 7 percent of Java’s electricity, running thermal power plants in Cirebon and Tanjung Jati.

The Indonesian taekwondo team has been training in Daegu and Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, since July, with the support of KOMIPO. The team had been facing difficulties in training due to limited government subsidies.

KOMIPO is also offering transportation assistance to the Indonesian team during the Asian Games.

“We heard that the team was having some trouble here and decided to support their stay in Korea for the games as well as give them a tour of Seoul,” a KOMIPO spokesman said in an emailed statement on Sunday.

Ade Lukman, the head of the Indonesian Olympic Committee, thanked KOMIPO and Korindo for their support, saying the country would gear up for the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.

By Suk Gee-hyun (monicasuk@heraldcorp.com)