Booyoung Group Woojeong Education and Culture Foundation Awards 400 Million KRW in Scholarships to International Students

[Asia Economy Reporter Chunhee Lee] Booyoung Group's Woojung Education and Culture Foundation is awarding approximately 400 million KRW in scholarships to international students.

On the 14th, the Woojung Education and Culture Foundation announced that it held a board meeting on the 12th and decided to provide scholarships totaling about 415 million KRW to 104 international students from 38 countries, including Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Uzbekistan, who are currently enrolled in domestic universities. The foundation has regularly held scholarship award ceremonies in the past. However, this year, due to the spread of COVID-19 and other reasons, scholarships will be awarded without a ceremony, with approval from the education office.

Ms. Sebara Sidikova, selected as the representative scholarship student, expressed her gratitude in a letter, saying, "I deeply thank the Woojung Education and Culture Foundation for helping me to focus on my studies in the beautiful country of Korea, which I came to know through dramas," and added, "I hope to contribute to the development of friendly relations between Uzbekistan and Korea in the future."

Established in 2008 by Booyoung Group Chairman Lee Joong-geun, who donated his private funds, the Woojung Education and Culture Foundation has been providing scholarships twice a year since 2010 to international students from Asia, Africa, and Latin America studying in Korea. The maximum amount awarded per person is 8 million KRW annually. To date, the foundation has supported scholarships for 1,743 international students.

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