Kim Eun-seok, secretary general of the Korean Canoe Federation, has been elected as the next Asian Canoe Federation secretary general.”At the 21st Annual General Assembly of the Asian Canoeing Federation held at the Olympic Parktel in Songpa-gu, Seoul, on Aug. 28-29, Kim defeated India’s Prashant Singh Raghavanshi to become the next secretary general,” the Korean Canoe Federation said on Monday.Kim is the first South Korean to hold the position of Asian Canoeing’s secretary general. According to the Korean Canoe Federation, Kim’s election means that the Asian Canoeing Federation’s headquarters will be established in Korea.”We look forward to the opportunity to promote Korea’s status in canoeing to the rest of the world, including Asia, and to further develop the sport of canoeing in Korea,” said Cho Hyun-sik, president of the Korean Canoe Federation. Founded in 1983, the Asian Canoe Federation 토토 currently has 38 member nations.