Park Young-sun "Thank you for patiently following Jilju Young-sun and Beoreok Young-sun"

[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Ju-yeon] On the 20th, Park Young-sun, Minister of SMEs and Startups, who announced her resignation, conveyed through Facebook, "I send warm love to the employees who endured 'Jilju Young-sun' and 'Beoreok Young-sun' and followed me faithfully."

Minister Park began by saying, "I have lived intensely, passionately, and deeply for the past 1 year and 9 months (654 days)," and added, "I vividly remember the loud applause and big smiles from everyone on the first day I came down to Daejeon."

She evaluated, "Although everyone had a hard time, we opened the era of KOSPI 3000 and are on the verge of the KOSDAQ 1000 era, truly ushering in an era where innovative ventures and small startups are the main players," and said, "We were the first to raise the theme of 'Great Transition to the Digital Economy - Smart Korea,' laying the foundation for a world-leading digital Korea."

She also reflected, "The power of diagnostic kits, K-quarantine, and K-beauty more than doubled online exports, fully opening the potential of Korea's untact economy," and added, "While jobs were decreasing everywhere, together with small and medium venture entrepreneurs, we created about 120,000 new jobs last year alone, opening the era of 800,000 small and medium venture jobs, strengthening the backbone of Korea's economy as the second largest job provider in the business world."

In addition, Minister Park mentioned that she gained confidence through the 100 strong small and medium enterprises in materials, parts, and equipment (SoBuJang), and nurtured the dream of a smart Korea through the digitalization of small business owners and SMEs. She also noted that the Future Team (Bio, Future Cars, System Semiconductors), established in 2019, played a leading role in the BIG3 future industries, and that she was very happy when ventures and startups that received R&D funds from the Ministry of SMEs and Startups created a new history with K-diagnostic kits, saying, "We must thank all the small businesses and SMEs who worked together."

Minister Park said, "Sometimes, I send warm love to the (Ministry of SMEs and Startups) employees who patiently endured 'Jilju Young-sun' and 'Beoreok Young-sun' and followed me," and added, "Now, I leave everything in the hands of you whom I truly wanted to embrace."

Finally, Minister Park said, "There is a saying that building a granary just to store grain does not bring continuous blessings," and conveyed, "Government ministries must store grain in granaries, but as servants of the people entrusted with the opportunity to share well with the people, I believe the Ministry of SMEs and Startups will always serve the people."

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