Eloquent Speaker and Former Professor Meet... Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun and Dongmyeong University President Jeon Ho-hwan, Live Talk Show

April 6th, 4 PM KNN Broadcast and University YouTube Live Stream

“University-Centered Innovative Growth, Busan” 100-Minute Show

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, gave a special lecture in Daegu.

President Jeon Ho-hwan in the inauguration ceremony video of Dongmyung University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The commonalities between the two are that both are former university professors and eloquent speakers. They meet on a talk show that should have existed long ago to spark interest.

Park Hyung-jun, Mayor of Busan, has repeatedly emphasized that the driving force for economic revitalization in local governments must be found in regional universities. He did not omit this point even in a special lecture for Daegu city officials on the 5th.

Jeon Ho-hwan, President of Dongmyung University, has advocated that for regional innovation growth targeting the Seoul metropolitan area, universities must take the lead. He means that local talents who are 'doing doing' in practice should play that role.

Both are deeply concerned with the crisis of whether spring will come to a garden that has lost all its talents.

The two have decided to meet and hold a talk show to present to the citizens. Attention is focused on how the talk show between the mayor and the university president will capture the ears of citizens in South Korea’s 'second city.'

On the 6th at 4 p.m., Busan Mayor Park Hyung-jun and Dongmyung University President Jeon Ho-hwan announced a live talk show titled “Busan’s University-Centered Innovation Growth Strategy” (A City Growing Together with Universities).

Co-hosted by Busan City, Dongmyung University, and KNN, the talk show will be held for 100 minutes at the Dongmyung University Central Library Auditorium and broadcast live on KNN and Dongmyung University’s YouTube channel. Due to COVID-19, up to 100 people can attend in person.

On that day, Mayor Park and President Jeon will introduce topics including ▲ the issue of school-age population and revitalizing regional universities ▲ restructuring of failing private universities ▲ legislation to support local governments’ university budget assistance ▲ establishment of the Busan-Ulsan-Gyeongnam (Bu-Ul-Gyeong) Megacity and implementation of shared universities ▲ advancement of industry-academia cooperation ▲ joint recruitment of foreign students ▲ Dongmyung University’s development strategy (education and entrepreneurship-centered university) ▲ and major policies promoted by the Busan mayor.

Mayor Park held a meeting with local university presidents in June to accelerate overcoming the crisis of regional universities, advancing industry-academia cooperation, and nurturing regional innovative talents.

President Jeon has advocated a “New Theory of National Wealth” that education revolution can overcome South Korea’s crisis caused by ultra-low birth rates and concentration in the metropolitan area.

As part of that revolution, President Jeon ‘established’ a university that pursues practice and convergent thinking. It is the Do-ing University with three “no’s”: no grade levels, no credits, and no teaching.

Do-ing University focuses on cultivating “execution capabilities” to equip students with the “basics” to survive in any world and nurturing “practical intellectuals” who flexibly solve problems on their own.

The live talk show promises an in-depth diagnosis, solutions, and sharp analysis for regional economic revitalization and local development by a former professor turned metropolitan government head and a current university president.

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