PAST EVENTS

AKFS honors Ambassador Sung Yong Kim with the 2024 New American Hero Award. AKFS also honors Dr. Edward T. Chang, Professor, University of California, Riverside, with the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award.

성 김 전 주한미국대사, '이민자 영웅상' 수상 이민자 영웅상, 성 김 대사, 한미우호협회, 장태한 교수

2023 NEW AMERICAN HERO AWARD Date and Time: Saturday, March 3, 2023, 6 p.m. Cherokee Town Club, 155 West Paces Ferry Road, Atlanta, Georgia (Free valet parking is available at the main entrance)Dress: Business Attire 2023 New American Hero Award Recipient Jim Yong Kim, MD, Ph.D. Dr. Kim is Vice Chairman and Partner at Global […]

Around 220 guests gathered at Cherokee Town Club to honor and celebrate Korean leaders in American culture: Dr. Victor Cha, Henry Cho, and Baik Kyu Kim. by Georgia Asian Times – June 20, 2022 By Libby Hobbs Buckhead, June 18, 2022 – After two years, the New American Hero Award Dinner made an anticipated return […]

한미우호협회 이민자 영웅상 수여…빅터 차, 헨리 조 수상 김백규 전 한인회장 평생업적상…앤드루 영 전 시장 연설 한미우호협회(회장 박선근)는 지난 18일 애틀랜타 벅헤드의 체로키타운클럽에서 2022년 및 2020년 이민자 영웅상(New American Hero Award) 시상식을 가졌다. 이날 시상식에서는 2020년 수상자인 코미디언 헨리 조와 2022년 수상자인 빅터 차 조지타운대 교수에게 각각 영웅상과 1만달러의 상금이 수여됐다. 또한 협회는 애틀랜타한인회장과 한인회관 […]

INVITATION The American Korean Friendship Society cordially invites you and a guest to our 2022 New American Hero Award Dinner Date and Time: Saturday, June 18, 2022, 6 p.m. Location:  Cherokee Town Club, 155 West Paces Ferry Road NW, Atlanta, GA (Free valet parking is available at the main entrance) Dress: Business Attire Guest Speaker: […]

$25,000 Reward—Wanted: Korean American Heroes From all over the world every day, immigrants to the United States arrive to achieve their American Dream, to make the most of the unique possibilities that the United States grants for all. For its part, the United States must work hard to maintain our country as the Land of […]

Purpose: The American Korean Friendship Society Inc. (AKFS) is a nonprofit (81-1408283 IRS Code 501(c) (3) and nonpolitical civic organization founded in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Society’s purpose is to celebrate and strengthen the unique relationship between the peoples of the Republic of Korea and the United States of America. New American Hero Award (NAHA): The Society presents its […]

Sandy Springs, Jan 25, 2019 — The Korean American Friendship Society host its annual New American Hero Awards Gala at the Westin Perimeter North Atlanta Hotel. Over 200 guests including community, business, and legislative leaders attended the gala. The Society presented a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jay K. Eun, a long-time AKFS Board member of […]

6 PM Friday, 25 January 2019