Dong-A Otsuka Awards Pocari Sweat Scholarship at the '2021 Proud Youth Awards'

Dong-A Otsuka, Steady Development of Youth Sports Talent

Jo Ik-seong, CEO of Dong-A Otsuka (from the left), water polo player Jeon Min-seok, recipient in the sports category, and Kang Tae-seon, President of the Korea Scout Association (Chairman of BYN Black Yak), are taking a commemorative photo.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-sun] Dong-A Otsuka announced on the 23rd that it awarded the Pocari Sweat scholarship in the sports category at the '2021 Proud Youth Awards' ceremony held at the Korea Scout Association Hall at 2 p.m. on the 22nd.

The Proud Youth Awards ceremony was established in 2007 to discover and support promising youth. Each year, recipients are selected in five categories: sports, academics, culture & arts, social service & career, and scouting. This year, recipients were selected in four categories: ▲sports ▲academics ▲social service & career development ▲scouting.

Dong-A Otsuka has consistently supported the sports category and awarded 5 million KRW as the 'Pocari Sweat Youth Hero Scholarship' to young sports talents.

Jeon Min-seok (3rd year at Gyeongnam Physical Education High School, water polo) was selected as the 2021 sports category recipient. He is a promising water polo player who ranked 1st in water polo at the 40th Presidential Cup National Swimming Competition in 2021 and 3rd in the 2020 National Team Water Polo Selection Competition and the Age Group Water Polo Championship. Water polo is a game played in an aquatic arena where seven players, including the goalkeeper, try to score goals against the opposing team.

Lee Jin-sook, Executive Director of Dong-A Otsuka, said, "The Gyeongnam Physical Education High School water polo team, to which this year’s recipient Jeon Min-seok belongs, demonstrated the true value of sports, often called an unscripted drama, at this year’s National Sports Festival." She added, "We hope he grows into an excellent athlete learning the value of healthy sweat, like the past recipients who have become great sportspeople with Dong-A Otsuka."

Meanwhile, Dong-A Otsuka received the Chairman’s Award from the Korea Sports Promotion Foundation at the 5th K-Sponomics Awards ceremony on the 17th, in recognition of its contributions to the development of the sports industry and social contribution activities in youth and disabled sports, advancing sports in South Korea.

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