◇ The Seoul Foreign Journalist Club (SFCC) held a general meeting in the club lounge on the 19th floor of the Seoul Press Center on the 25th and elected the senior producer of Kim Moo-sun as the 37th president. The first vice-chairman was Seong-hae Roh, Seoul branch director, Kentaro Okakasaka, the second vice-chairman, reporter Choi Jae-woong, finance director, Kim Min-woo, senior reporter Lee Ha-kyung News PD and Tian-ming correspondent, respectively. The new Chairman Kim majored in political diplomacy at Yonsei University and served as an interpreter for the Army, while serving in the Zaytun unit after the Iraq War. He also participated in a multinational investigation team to investigate the sinking of the Cheonan in 2010. After joining the broadcast, he has been covering major events on the Korean Peninsula and across East Asia.
◇ The National Korean Beef Association appointed Candidate Sam-Joo Kim as the 10th President. Candidate Yang-soo Han and Candidate Hee-dae Lee were elected as vice-chairmen, and the nominated vice-chairman will be announced later.
Doheum Yoon, Director of the Sungkwang Medical Foundation Medical Center.
◇ On the 25th, the Sungkwang Medical Foundation appointed Yoon Do-heum, former Vice-President of Yonsei University Medical Center, as the 7th medical center director. The Sungkwang Medical Foundation is a medical corporation that oversees the Gangnam, Ilsan, Bundang, and Gumi Cha Hospitals, as well as the Chaum and Cha Women’s Medical Research Centers.
Kwon Oh-hyun, President of Korea Invention Promotion Association.
◇ The Korea Invention Promotion Association appointed Samsung Electronics Advisor Kwon Oh-hyun as the 19th chairman and held an inauguration ceremony at the Korea Intellectual Property Center in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The Korea Invention Promotion Association is an organization for efficiently promoting invention promotion projects and protecting and fostering intellectual property projects in accordance with the Invention Promotion Act.
Jihee Seo, Chairman of Women’s Innovation.
◇ Women Minin Innovation (WIN) elected Seo Ji-hee, executive director of Samjung KPMG, as the 3rd president on the 25th. New Chairman Seo is the first female executive of a large accounting firm in the accounting industry, where the proportion of women is relatively low.
Myung-jin Choi, Chairman of Croube.
◇ Korea Unmanned Vehicle Research Association (KRAUV, Kraub) appointed Choi Myung-jin, CEO of Hancom Inspace, a space and drone affiliate of Hangul Computer Group, as the new chairman.
Yujin Kim, President of the Korea Defense Industry Promotion Agency.
◇ The Korea Defense Industry Promotion Association appointed Kim Yu-jin, Huneed Technologies Chairman, as the 17th president at the 2021 regular general meeting held at the Seoul Air Force Center on the 25th. New Chairman Kim is the chairman of Huneed Technologies, a defense company specializing in wireless communications and airlines.
Yeol-ha Park, Advisory Chair of the Advertisers Association.
◇ The Korea Advertisers Association appointed Park Yeol-ha, President of Genesis BBQ, as chairman of the’Small and Medium Business Advertising Promotion Advisory Committee’ at the regular general meeting on the 25th. The advisory committee assists in advertising marketing and media promotion activities for SMEs with weak advertising and public relations functions.
Kang Sam-kwon, Chairman of Venture Business Association.
◇ At the regular general meeting on the 25th, the Venture Business Association appointed Kang Sam-kwon, CEO of Point Mobile, as the 10th chairman, and Kim Sun-oh, CEO of Geumseong Bolt Industries, as the senior vice-chairman. ◇ The Korean Federation of Mid-sized Companies (Chairman Ho-gap Kang) appointed former German Prime Minister Gerhard Schröder and Igal Errich Yozma Group Chairman as honorary special members on the 25th and strengthened cooperation with the German federal government and Israeli venture companies to advance overseas expansion and technology of mid-sized companies. They decided to help support innovation, etc. ◇ Deokseong Women’s University (President Jin-woo Kim) opens labor and human rights (3 credits) classes in the newly opened subject of Chami Risa Liberal Arts College from the first semester. Director Lee Soo-ho of the Jeon Tae-il Memorial Hall is appointed as an adjunct professor to give a lecture. ◇ Kyunghee University will change the name of Graduate School of Media and Information to Graduate School of Media Communication from the first semester of 2021. The name change was promoted to respond to the changing media environment. ◇ Education Broadcasting (President Myung Joong Kim) will distribute’AI Pengtalk’, an AI (artificial intelligence) English learning program using Pengsoo characters to elementary schools nationwide starting from the new month. It uses a gamification method, and parents or teachers can check the study results in real time. Application for utilization is from the 2nd to the 16th of the new month. See the website (ebs.co.kr). ◇ The National Museum and Cultural Foundation (President Yong-sam Kim) is holding a contest for’Todaktodak Art Sharing’, a support project for artists to overcome Corona 19 from the 4th to 9th of the new month. Selected groups and artists are provided with a free rental of the National Museum of Korea,’Dragon’, performance hall facilities, and various equipment and publicity support. The results are announced on the 12th of the new month. See the website (cfnmk.or.kr). ◇ The National Library for Children and Youth (Director Shin Shin Lee) will perform a classical performance’Cultural Performance with Story’ combining Chagall’s paintings and Aesop’s fables at 2 p.m. on the library’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/channel/UCYDVdOVPcvPDPAe9MIyBvtw). Through the curator’s commentary, you can learn about Chagall’s representative works such as’Me and the Village’ and’The Rooster’ in connection with the scenes in the story. Refer to the website (nlcy.go.kr). ◇ 11th Street (Open Market) signed a business agreement with the Animal Freedom Alliance on the 25th, “Improving the awareness of companion animals and encouraging the adoption of abandoned animals” and donated 250 million won in donations collected through’Hope Shopping’ to the Animal Freedom Alliance. From new month, limited edition kits are produced and distributed for adoptees of abandoned animals. ◇ Lotte Home Shopping will provide 1,000 sets of audio books (audio books) recorded in 20 natural and science books in textbooks for 3rd and 4th graders in the participation of showhosts and other executives and employees for visually impaired children on the 25th. I decided to deliver it here. ◇ SK Energy·Jeju United FC conducts the’One Meal Sharing On Tact’, which visits and delivers lunch boxes and masks to elderly vulnerable haenyeo in Jeju for 20 weeks from the 25th. Meanwhile, Jeju United FC also campaigns for the collection of waste plastics along the coast with the Jeju Haenyeo Association. ◇ On the 25th, the Doosan Yonkang Foundation (Chairman Yonghyun Park) delivered a scholarship worth 1.22 billion won to 181 university students. The foundation plans to provide a total of 2.4 billion won in scholarships to elementary, middle and high school students and college students this year. ◇ Ildong Pharmaceutical Group’s Songpa Foundation (Chairman Yoon Gyeong-hwa) decided to provide a scholarship worth about 150 million won to 16 students on the 25th. Last year, a total of 178,500,000 won was paid to 21 students. ◇ Sogang University (President Jonghyuk Shim) held a scholarship for the ’30th Graduation Relay Alumni Scholarship’ in the Department of Electronics Engineering on the 22nd, and alumni in the 84th and 85th grades donated a total of 63 million won each, for a total of 66 million won. Beginning with the creation of the scholarship fund for the 30th anniversary of graduating alumni in grade 77 in 2011, scholarships are given to juniors in a relay method every year, and a total of 440 million won has been provided to 170 students so far. ◇ The Asan Social Welfare Foundation (Chairman Mong-Joon Chung) provided a scholarship of 4.4 billion won to a total of 713 Asan scholarship students in 2021, including 50 graduate students in the field of medical life science, 583 university students, and 80 high school students. They receive 20 to 40 million won every year until graduation.