On the 20th, the Cheongun Movement ritual is also held by time… Gyedongseo memorial photo exhibition from the 22nd
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hana = On the 21st, it has been 20 years since Asan’s honorary chairman Chung Ju-young of Hyundai Group died.
Asan is a representative Korean entrepreneur who has been in line with the modern Korean economy as evidenced by various modifiers such as’the protagonist of the modernization of Korean industry’,’the challenger of the century’ and’the battle of crisis’.
In consideration of the social atmosphere caused by the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the Pan-Hyundai family plans to commemorate Asan’s achievements and spirit in a calm atmosphere instead of a large-scale commemoration event.
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◇’There are trials, but no failures’
Born on November 25, 1915 as the eldest son of 6 boys and 2 daughters in Tongcheon-gun, Gangwon-do, Asan ran away from home with 70 won of cattle, worked at a dock in Incheon, and worked at a rice shop. He took over and began to stand alone.
After that, he became the president of a maintenance company called’Ado Service’, which later became the seed of the birth of a global company called Hyundai Motor Company.
Asan established Hyundai Motor Company in 1946 and Hyundai Construction Company in 1947 to become a full-fledged entrepreneur. In 1950, the two companies merged and Hyundai E&C[000720]Established. Hyundai Motor Company in 1967[005380]In 1968, construction of the Gyeongbu Expressway, which left a record of completion in the world’s shortest period of 2 years and 5 months, started.
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After that, I turned to Joseon. Even in the absence of a shipyard, we won orders for two 260,000 tons of ship king Onassis’ brother-in-law, and Hyundai Shipbuilding Heavy Industries & Construction in 1973 and Hyundai Mipo Shipbuilding in 1975.[010620] With his back, he laid the foundation for the current shipbuilding industry.
In 1976, it produced Pony, the first purely domestic car, and developed its own model as the 16th among global automakers. In 1983, Hyundai Electronics was established and expanded to the high-tech electronics field.
In 1981, Asan served as the chairman of the Seoul Olympics hosting committee, and five months later, he worked on a’miracle of Baden-Baden’.
Asan was revered as a living myth of the Korean economy, but in 1992, he created the Nationalist Party to challenge the presidency, but after failing, he walked a path of decline.
When the Kim Dae-jung administration was established in 1998, the era of inter-Korean economic cooperation began in earnest, and a new opportunity was encountered. On June 17, 1998, at the age of 85, he dragged 500 cows and made a thrilling appearance over the military demarcation line.
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Hyundai’s business toward North Korea, which began with the departure of the Geumgang Lake three months later, intensified the group’s insolvency, and in 2000 the group was split into a’Prince’s Difficulty’ when the honorary chairman of Hyundai Motor Group Chung Mong-koo and Chairman Chung Mong-hun collided over the management rights of the Hyundai Group .
Asan said, “Credit is capital,” and “As long as I have life, I think there is no failure. As long as I am alive and healthy, there will be trials for me, but there will be no failures.”
In particular, when they said they would build a shipyard, everyone opposed or laughed at it, but it is a famous story that they challenged with the word “Hey, have you done it?” and eventually built the world’s largest shipbuilding company called Hyundai Heavy Industries.
Jang Son-in, Chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, said at a town hall meeting on the 16th, “I think it was trust that founder Jung Ju-young kept the most important thing,” and emphasized, “We must learn that spirit and make it our own.”
◇ The memorial event carefully… The sacrifice is also by time
Pan-Hyundai Street holds various memorial events centered on the Hyundai Motor Group, but the policy is to keep it quiet in consideration of the atmosphere of the spread of Corona 19.
Every year, on March 20, the day before the deadline, the Pan-Hyundai family gathered and held a ritual at the Cheongundong home, but this year it seems difficult to gather together. It is known that the ceremonies will be held at different times for each group according to the COVID-19 quarantine guidelines.
On August 16th, Asan’s wife, Byeon Joong-seok, will also hold a 14th anniversary ceremony.
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Every year around Asan’s anniversary, the worship event held by the family and group executives and employees visiting Sunyeong, Changu-dong, Hanam-si, Gyeonggi-do, is also expected to be significantly reduced.
Hyundai Motor Group Chairman Eui-sun Eui-sun is scheduled to visit Sun-young before the 21st, while other groups are also planning to visit Sun-young before or after the 21st.
From the 22nd, the 20th photo exhibition of Pan-Hyundai Street will be held at the Gye-dong office building.
There is also a memorial event for each company.
First of all, Hyundai Group plans to distribute a memorial video titled’Pioneer of Korea’s economic development’ by e-mail to the employees of the group.
The 5 minute and 26 second video contains a case of Asan’s creative thinking and passion to establish a company and succeed, as well as a huge footsteps such as a visit to North Korea with a herd of cattle at Panmunjom, the foreword of the inter-Korean economic cooperation project. It also includes upbringing with advice for young people.
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Since the 16th, Hyundai Heavy Industries has held a photo exhibition of’Jung Joo-young Asan’ at the Ulsan Museum of Contemporary Art, Ulsan, and exhibits about 140 photos of various life situations. Lectures and conversation videos are also being screened. On the 19th, a memorial service will be held in front of the bust of Asan in the lobby of the main building of Hyundai Heavy Industries.
It also publishes a special memorial book,’Waiting for the New Spring,’ which collects 50 memorial articles containing respect and longing by people from all walks of life, including politics, economy, media, and culture.
In addition, five middle and high schools under the Hyundai academy, such as Hyundai Cheongun High School and Hyundai High School, established by Asan, celebrated Asan by offering flowers to the founding spirit monument on the 19th. Will be exhibited.
The Asan Nanum Foundation hosted the’Asan Jung Ju-young and Entrepreneurship’ conference online, and the Asan Social Welfare Foundation also held an autobiography’Because I was born in this land’.
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