Dongsuh Foods Holds Awards Ceremony for 'Maxim Coffee Cup Ipshinchoegangjeon'

Dongseo Foods announced on the 19th that it held the awards ceremony for the 24th Maxim Coffee Cup Ipshin Strongest Tournament at the Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. The champion, 9-dan Shin Jinseo, received the championship trophy along with a prize of 50 million won.

At the awards ceremony of the "24th Maxim Coffee Cup Ibsin Strongest Match" held on the 18th at The Westin Chosun Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul, (from left) Yang Jae-ho, Secretary General of the Korea Baduk Association, Kim Kwang-soo, President of Dongseo Food, winner Shin Jin-seo 9-dan, runner-up Lee Won-young 9-dan, and Chel Root, Executive Vice President of Dongseo Food, are posing for a commemorative photo.
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9-dan Shin Jinseo achieved his second victory with overwhelming performance, following his first win in the 2019 tournament. 9-dan Lee Won-young, who finished as runner-up in his first appearance in the tournament, also received a trophy and a prize of 20 million won.

The tournament, which lasted about five months starting with the December draw ceremony, attracted much attention even before its opening, with top domestic professional Go players participating, including the previous champion 9-dan Park Jeong-hwan.

Choi Sang-in, Executive Director of Dongseo Foods, said, “This tournament lived up to its title as the ‘Tournament of the Masters’ with many high-level and memorable matches,” adding, “As a partner of the Maxim Coffee Cup Ipshin Strongest Tournament, we will strive to contribute to the popularization and development of Go culture in Korea and fulfill our social responsibilities through various cultural sharing activities.”

Dongseo Foods continuously carries out various social contribution activities in the cultural and artistic fields, including not only the representative domestic professional Go tournament, the ‘Maxim Coffee Cup Ipshin Strongest Tournament,’ but also the ‘Salm-ui Hyanggi Dongseo Literature Award,’ which has established itself as a leading domestic women’s rookie literary award, the ‘Dream Library’ project supporting books for elementary school libraries, and the ‘Maxim Love’s Fragrance’ program that sponsors musical instruments and other support for aspiring young musicians in need.

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