2020 Jinju Citizens' Day Event Held with Jinju Citizens' Award Ceremony

Honor Awarded to Kim Young-gi, Professor Emeritus at Gyeongsang National University, at the 20th Jinju Citizen Awards

Professor Kim Young-ki (left in the photo) and Mayor Jo Il-gyu of Jinju City are taking a commemorative photo after presenting the Citizen Award. (Photo by Jinju City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kang Sharon] On the 8th, Jinju City in Gyeongnam held the Jinju Citizen Award ceremony instead of the 25th Citizen's Day event for 2020.

Due to the complete cancellation of October festivals such as the Gaecheon Arts Festival caused by the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), the city inevitably held a scaled-down 20th Jinju Citizen Award ceremony.

This event was simply held in the city hall situation room with the awardees' families, acquaintances, and citizen representatives attending in accordance with social distancing guidelines.

The Jinju Citizen Award recipient is Kim Young-gi (age 76), who served as a professor in the Department of Public Administration at Gyeongsang National University and is currently an emeritus professor in the same department, the executive representative of the Jinju Forum, and the director of the Gyeongnam Autonomy Research Institute.

Awardee Kim Young-gi stated, “Based on the spirit and culture of public service inherited from our predecessors, I will strive to be of some help in understanding Jinju’s spirit and values, our roots, and in developing Jinju.”

Jinju Mayor Cho Gyu-il said, “A distinguished person who has quietly and consistently worked for the development of the local community has been selected, and on behalf of the 360,000 Jinju citizens, I present the Citizen Award, hoping that this will serve as an example to many citizens.”

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