[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 151 (Thursday, December 11, 2014)]
[Senate]
[Page S6686]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                        RECOGNIZING SUN WOO PARK

 Ms. AYOTTE. Madam President, today I wish to recognize 
Portsmouth resident grand master Sun Woo Park--an exceptional New 
Hampshire citizen who has devoted his life to teaching martial arts and 
serving his community.
  Sun Woo Park immigrated to the United States from Korea in 1985. 
Shortly after settling in Portsmouth, he opened Park's Taekwondo 
School, a world-class taekwondo training center. In fact, Park's is one 
of the only taekwondo schools in the world to have eight practicing 
Masters who learned under the same grand master.
  During his nearly three decades of teaching taekwondo, thousands of 
seacoast area students have developed self-esteem, self-control, 
confidence, and fitness through studying the key elements of martial 
arts. Sun Woo Park even brought taekwondo to the University of New 
Hampshire, founding a taekwondo club there in 1995.
  On June 16, 2000, Sun Woo Park proudly became a U.S. citizen. True 
citizenship means serving your country, your community, and your fellow 
citizens, and Sun Woo Park has done just that.
  He is a founding member and the current president of the Korean 
American Society of New Hampshire. Every year since 1987, he has 
organized an event to honor the brave service and sacrifice of New 
Hampshire's Korean War veterans. He has even been honored by the 
President of the Republic of Korea, Noh Moo Hyun, for his service on 
behalf of Korean war veterans.
  Sun Woo Park has also been quietly helping his local community in 
many other ways. He is held numerous fundraisers in support of the 
Saint Charles Children's Home in Rochester, NH, as well as many other 
local schools and nonprofits.
  I am pleased to join the citizens of New Hampshire and all of grand 
master Sun Woo Park's students in wishing him all the best in his 
future endeavors. We thank him for his many years of teaching and 
service to the State of New Hampshire.

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