Aekyung Industrial Shares Love with 36 Migrant Background Youth

Aekyung Industrial held a ceremony to present the 'Scholarship Fund for Youth with Migration Background' in celebration of its 36th anniversary. At the ceremony, Jae-young Lim, CEO of Aekyung Industrial (right), and Jin-gon Kim, Secretary General of the Seoul Community Chest of Korea (left), posed for a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] On the 23rd, Akyeong Industrial celebrated its 36th anniversary and held a 'Scholarship Fund for Youth with Migration Background' ceremony with the Seoul Community Chest of Korea, the company announced on the 25th.

Akyeong Industrial provided annual tuition support to a total of 36 high school students from multicultural and migrant family backgrounds. The support cost averaged 2.5 million KRW per student, totaling 90 million KRW. The funds will be used for tuition and talent education expenses for university admission.

In particular, this year, among the Akyeong Industrial scholarship students who have received scholarships since their first year of high school, 7 have entered university and 2 have found employment, adding true meaning to sharing.

The scholarship fund event for youth with migration backgrounds began in 2015 to commemorate Akyeong Industrial's 30th anniversary and is now in its 7th year. The plan is to select as many scholarship students as the number of anniversary years, and up to this year, about 231 students have received approximately 600 million KRW in funds. This fund was created through voluntary monthly donations from all Akyeong Industrial employees and equal contributions from the company, making the sharing even more meaningful.

The ceremony was attended by Akyeong Industrial CEO Lim Jae-young, Seoul Community Chest of Korea Secretary-General Kim Jin-gon, and other related officials.

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