Brief Hostory of Korea Fair Trade Association [한글]

2011

Jul: Published and distributed "Oxfam fair trade resource for children and teenagers"
Feb: Organized the Korea Fair Trade Association conference

2010

Dec: Held a first Board Meeting
Oct: Organized a workshop titled “How to do Fair Trade Business”
Sep: Attended a annual general meeting of World Fair Trade Organization Asia Conference in Bangladesh
Aug: Establishment of the Corporation aggregate approved from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Jul: Translated and Published "Fair Trade, Market-driven Ethical Consumption"
May: Had a Talk about the Book, "Fair Trade, a beautiful trade for changing the world"
Mar: Imported Fair Trade organic raw cane sugar from ASOCACE co-operative in Paraguay
Feb: Translated and Published "The Power of Fair Trade(Original title: Business Unusual)"
Feb: Campaingned as named "Chocolate Angel"

2009

Dec: Published "Fair Trade, a beautiful trade for changing the world"
Dec: Visited Fairtrade Labelling Organization International(FLO) and had a conference in Bonn, Germany
May: Attended a annual general meeting of World Fair Trade Organization(WFTO) in Nepal
May: Had a Fair Trade Football campaign with children in Multi-national family
Feb: Had a Fair Trade Chocolate campaign with The Hankyoreh 21 and Yes24

2008

Dec: Organized a workshop titled “Understanding Fair Trade and Overview of International Fair Trade”
Oct: Attended IFAT conference in Sri Lanka
Sep: Opened the KFTA website
May: Imported fair trade products from the Traidcraft, England
Campagined and sold fair trade products at the 'Diverse Culture Festival with Immigrants'
Visited Vision Technology and Talon Sports, FLO-certified soccer ball producers based in Sialkot, Pakistan
Apr: Celebrated 'Earth Day' by selling and campaigning fair trade products
Imported fair trade, environment friendly coffee from France(Lobodis), Ethiopia, Peru, Bolivia, and Guatemala
Feb: Attended the European Fair Trade Exhibition in Lyon, France
Imported fair trade chocolate from Switzerland and campaigned for fair trade chocolates on Valentines’ Day
Jan: Conducted research at the Square Mile in London, England as a part of International City Tour program, by the Hope Institution
Visited the <Fair Trade Foundation> in England, Traidcraft, Cafedirect and the City Hall of London, for data collecting, reporting and business meetings

2007

Oct: Registered for a non profit, non governmental organization
Sep: Imported Fair Trade Footballs from Vision Technology in Pakistan
Jul: Launched plans to create a non profit organization
Korean Fair Trade Association Workshop
Jun: Open Meeting of the 'Invitation for Hope of Fair Trade'
Visited to Fair Trade Cacao producers’ organization Kuapa Kokoo in Ghana, Africa for the data collecting, reporting and business meeting
May: Participated IFAT World Conference in Belgium, and visited the Fairtrade Chocolate Company, Divine, Charity organization the Comic Relief in UK for data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Apr: Opened The Korea Fair Trade Association Naver Web Cafe
Feb: MBC broadcasted the documentary 'Beautiful Trade, Trade with Hope'

2006

Dec: KBC broadcasted the fair trade documentary Beautiful Trade 1;2
Oct: Visited Fairtrade Foundation in UK, Twin Trading Company, Co-op, Gossypium, Cambridge University, Canterbury Fairtrade Network, Canterbury Cathedral, Kent University, St. Stephan Elementary School, Simon Langton Middle School, Marks and Spencer, Whole Food, Canterbury City Hall for the data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Visited IFAT in Netherlands, the wholesale market for Fair Trade products Centrum Mondiale, the Fair trade Association Max Havelaar, the fair trade fruit company Agro Fair for data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Visited Sugar Producers’ organization at Negros Island in the Philippines for the data collecting, and reporting
Sep: Visited fair trade organizations in India; Agrocel Industries LTD, Asha Handicraft, Creative Handicraft for data collecting, reporting and business meetings
Visited at Nepal’s Fair Trade Organizations and Producer’s Organizations, Kanchanjangha Tea Estate, Young Wow Craft, Manushi Art and Craft, and Mahaguthi for data collecting, reporting and business meeting
Jul: Made a visit to the local fair trade organizations and companies, Beautiful Store, Korean Women's Environmental Network and Doore Cooperation for further research and workshops
Jun: Visited Alternative Trade Japan, Pal System Co-op, and the Nepali Bazaro, a fair trade association, for collecting data and meetings
May: Attended the ‘World Fair Trade Day’, hosted by the People Tree of the NGO Global Village in Japan
Jan-Mar: Planning of a documentary on fair trade

2005